Sudan Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Sudan with its capital Khartoum is located in Africa (Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea). It covers some 2,505,811 square kilometres (slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US) with 40,218,000 citizens. Arabic, English and are the languages used by people in Sudan (consider regional differences). Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Kenya, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Egypt are bordering countries.

Travel in Sudan outside Khartoum, Omdurman and the Northern State is considered dangerous. Two borderline civil wars continue to see violence, in Southern Sudan and particularly in Darfur, while extremist groups target foreign visitors for attacks and kidnapping, particularly in the Upper Nile regions and near the Ethiopian border.

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About Sudan

The topography featuresgenerally flat, featureless plain with mountains in far south, northeast, and west and desert dominates the north. The average density of population is about 16 per km². The climate in Sudan can be described as tropical in south with arid desert in north, rainy season varying by region (April to November). Potential natural disasters are dust storms and periodic persistent droughts.

To reach someone in Sudan dial +249 prior to a number. There are 370,400 installed telephones. And there are 15,340,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".sd". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 25 regions/states in Sudan we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Sudanese population grew at a rate of 2.15% (or by 904,253 citizens). With 516,356 deaths and 1,395,841 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.1%. 24,768 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Sudan: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.