Explore Sudan in Africa - Sudan Tourism Info

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.

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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 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 country consists of 25 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Sudan

Sudan Tourism Information

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe

The Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe, a semi-desert landscape between the Nile and Atbara rivers, was the heartland of the Kingdom of Kush, a major power from the 8th century B.C. to the...

Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region

These five archaeological sites, stretching over more than 60 km in the Nile valley, are testimony to the Napatan (900 to 270 BC) and Meroitic (270 BC to 350 AD) cultures, of...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Sudan is growing at an rate of 2.15% (or by 904,253 citizens). Each year 24,768 people enter this country (or 0.60 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 2.1%. Or an total increase of 879,485 citizens.

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.