| COUNTRY FACTS: SUDAN | |
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| Name(official): | Republic of Sudan |
| Name(short): | Sudan |
| Capital City: | Khartoum |
| Location: | Northern Africa |
| Coordinate: | 15 00 N, 30 00 E |
| Independence: | (From Egypt and Britain) January 1st; 1956. |
| President: | Field Marshal Umar Hassan al-Bashir |
| Type of Government: | Government of National Unity(GNU).The NPC and SPLM formed a power sharing government under a 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement(CPA) |
| Total Area: | 2 505 810sq.km. |
| Population: | 41 236 378 (July 2006 est.) |
| People: | Blacks 52%, Arabs 39%, Beja 6%, Foreigners 2%, others 1%. |
| Religion: | Sunni muslim 70%(in the north) indigenous beliefs 25%, christians 5%(in the south and Khartoum). |
| Languages: | Arabic(official), Nubian, Ta Bedawei, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English. |
| Literacy: | 61.1%total, 71.8%male, 50.5%female (2003 est.) |
| Currency: | Sudanese dinar (1SDD= 100piastres) |
| GDP(per capita): | $2 100 (2005 est.) |
| Arable Land: | 6.78% (2005 est.) |
| Agriculture: | Cotton, peanuts, sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sugarcane, cassava(tapioca), mangoes, papaya, banana, sweet potatoes, sesame, sheep, livestocks. |
| Natural resources: | Petroleum, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower, small reserve of iron ore. |
| Embassy in Japan: | Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan Chancery: 4-7-1, Yakumo, Meguro-ku. Post Code: 152-0023 Tel. 03-5729-6170, Fax: 03-5729-6171 Embassy of the Republic of Sudan, Tokyo. |
| General Info: | |
| International Phone Code: | +249 |
ECONOMY: BUSINESS, TRADE AND INVESTMENT
- Central Bank of Sudan
- Tourism:
MAJOR CITIES
Khartoum, Omdurman, Wad Madani, Kosti, malakal, Atbara, Port Sudan, Bor, Juba
NEWS
- Al-Ra'y al-Amm
- Al Sahafah
- The Juba Post
- Sudan National Radio
- Mango96 FM
- Miriya (Mirror) United Nations FM
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
- United Nations
- African Union
- CEN-SAD
- COMESA
- IGAD
- NEPAD
GOVERNMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
26 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); A'ali an Nil (Upper Nile), Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrat (Lakes), Al Jazirah (El Gezira), Al Khartum (Khartoum), Al Qadarif (Gedaref), Al Wahdah (Unity), An Nil al Abyad (White Nile), An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile), Ash Shamaliyah (Northern), Bahr al Jabal (Bahr al Jabal), Gharb al Istiwa'iyah (Western Equatoria), Gharb Bahr al Ghazal (Western Bahr al Ghazal), Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur), Gharb Kurdufan (Western Kordofan), Janub Darfur (Southern Darfur), Janub Kurdufan (Southern Kordofan), Junqali (Jonglei), Kassala (Kassala), Nahr an Nil (Nile), Shamal Bahr al Ghazal (Northern Bahr al Ghazal), Shamal Darfur (Northern Darfur), Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan), Sharq al Istiwa'iyah (Eastern Equatoria), Sinnar (Sinnar), Warab (Warab).