Sudan
in Northern Africa
Africa

National active POI Bordering countries
Country Quickfacts
Currency and Currency Code:
Dinar - SDD
Spoken languages:
Arabic, English
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: C, D)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
ISO 2-Letter code:
SD
Internet top level domain:
.sd
Country phone prefix:
+249
Local Time (capital):
Timezone:
UTC/GMT offset: hours

Map of Sudanese Unesco Heritage Sites

Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Sudan in Africa. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Gebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan Region. On the list since 2003. The youngest site is Archaeological Sites of the Island of Meroe. On the list since 2011.

Name Since
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 4t...		 2011
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 the second kingdom of...		 2003