Sudan
Appearance
Republic o the Sudan | |
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Anthem:
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Sudan in daurk green, disputit regions in licht green. | |
Caipital and largest city | Khartoum 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E |
Offeecial leids | |
Releegion | Islam |
Demonym(s) | Sudanese |
Govrenment | Dominant-pairty federal semi-presidential republic |
• Preses | Omar al-Bashir |
Mohamed Tahir Ayala | |
Vacant | |
Vacant | |
Legislatur | Naitional Legislatur |
Cooncil o States | |
Naitional Assembly | |
Formation | |
3500 BC | |
1504[2] | |
1820 | |
1899 | |
• Unthirldom (frae the Unitit Kinrick an Egyp) | 1 Januar 1956 |
9 Januar 2005 | |
• Secession o Sooth Sudan | 9 Julie 2011 |
Aurie | |
• Total | 1,886,068 km2 (728,215 sq mi) (15th) |
Population | |
• 2015 estimate | 40,235,000[3] (35t) |
• 2008 census | 30,894,000 (disputit) [4] |
• Density | 21.3/km2 (55.2/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $186.715 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $4,578[5] |
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Tot | $115.874 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $2,841[5] |
Gini (2009) | 35.3[6] medium |
HDI (2015) | 0.490[7] law · 165th |
Currency | Sudanese poond (SDG) |
Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drivin side | right |
Cawin code | +249 |
ISO 3166 code | SD |
Internet TLD | .sd, سودان. |
Sudan (pronounced /suːˈdæn/ (deprecatit template)), offeecially the Republic o the Sudan,[8] is a kintra in northeastren Africae an the third lairgest kintra in Africae an the Arab warld. It is bordered bi Egyp to the north, the Red Sea tae the northeast, Eritrea an Ethiopie tae the east, the Sooth Sudan tae the sooth, Chad tae the wast an Libie tae the northwast. The warld's langest river, the Nile, divides the kintra atween east an wast sides.[9]
Notes
- ↑ "2005 constitution in English" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Juin 2009. Retrieved 31 Mey 2013.
- ↑ Rayah, Mubarak B. (1978). Sudan civilization. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Culture and Information. p. 64.
- ↑ "United Nations world population prospects"(PDF) 2015 revision
- ↑ "Discontent over Sudan census". News24. Cape Town. Agence France-Presse. 21 Mey 2009. Retrieved 8 Julie 2011.
- ↑ a b c d "Sudan". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 26 Juin 2010.
- ↑ Collins, Robert O. A History of Modern Sudan Abid Mohieldin Cambridge University Press, 2008. 3.
Freemit airtins
- The Government o Sudan offeecial wabsteid
- Chief o State an Cabinet Members
- Sudan entry at The World Factbook
- Ancient Sudan: Nubia.
- Sudan frae UCB Libraries GovPubs
- Sudan at Curlie
- Wikimedia Atlas o Sudan
- Travel guide tae Sudan frae Wikivoyage
- Humanitarian information coverage on ReliefWeb
Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Sudan. |
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