Sudan

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A map of Sudan

Sudan is a country in Africa. The official name of Sudan is The Republic of Sudan. It's capital is Khartoum.

Geography

Sudan has borders with the countries of Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya. It also has a coast on the Red Sea.

Sudan has an area of about 2.5 million km² and has the largest area of all the countries in Africa. [1] Sudan is the largest country in Africa. The north part of the country is hot and has weather like a desert, with little rain, while the south is more tropical. The Nile flows through Sudan, providing water to crops. There are many different tribal and ethnic groups of people, though the country is mainly divided between the north, which has more Arabic people, and the south, which has more people of African descent.

Culture

People from Sudan are called Sudanese. About 38 million people live in Sudan. About 4 million of these live in Khartoum or in towns that are joined to it.

Arabic is the official language of Sudan, but people also speak Nubian, Nilotic and English. Many other languages are spoken in different parts of the country as well.

Most Sudanese people have Islam as their religion. A small number are Christian. Some people have other religions that are called tribal (local) beliefs.

The currency of Sudan is called the Sudanese Pound (Jinneh).

The leader of Sudan right now is President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

War

For several years, the Darfur conflict has been going on in Sudan. Over 400,000 people have died in it.

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