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Region: Africa

Capital: Khartoum

Population: 56,291,816

Area Total: 2,505,810

Area Land: 2,376,000

Climate: Tropical in south; arid desert
in north; rainy season (April
to October).




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Country Overview

Largest Cities
City Population Estimated
Khartoum 1,974,647 2020
Omdurman 1,200,000 2020
Port Sudan 489,725 2020

Other Key Data
Region: Africa
Population: 56,291,816
Area Total: 2,505,810km2
Area Land: 2,376,000km2
Coast Line: 853km
Capital: Khartoum
Climate: Tropical in south; arid desert
in north; rainy season (April
to October).
Languages: Arabic (official)
Nubian
Ta Bedawie
Diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic,
Sudanic languages, English
Currency: 1 Sudanese pound (£Sd$) = 100 piastres
Holiday: Independence Day is 1 January (1956), Unity Day is 3 March


Average Daily Temperature
January: °C / 73.00°F
July: °C / 85.50°F
Annual Rainfall: mm / 12.9"


Boundaries
Ethiopia 1,606 km
Chad 1,360 km
Egypt 1,273 km
Central African Republic 1,165 km
Congo (DRC) 628 km
Eritrea 605 km
Uganda 435 km
Libya 383 km
Kenya 232 km
South Sudan -1 km


Ethnic Divisions
African 52.00%
Arab 39.00%
Beja 6.00%
foreigners 2.00%
Other 1.00%


Religions
Sunni Muslim 70.00%
Indigenous beliefs 25.00%
Christian 5.00%

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