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Republic o the Sudan

جمهورية السودان (Arabic)
Jumhūriyyat al-Sūdān
Motto: النصر لنا (Arabic)
"An-Naṣr lanā"
"Veectory is oprs"
Anthem
Sudan in daurk green, disputit regions in licht green.
Sudan in daurk green, disputit regions in licht green.
Location o Sudan
Caipital
and largest city
Khartoum
15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E / 15.633; 32.533
Offeecial leids
Releegion
Islam
Demonym(s)Sudanese
GovrenmentDominant-pairty federal semi-presidential republic
• Preses
Omar al-Bashir
Mohamed Tahir Ayala
Vacant
Vacant
LegislaturNaitional 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)Increase 0.490[7]
law · 165th
CurrencySudanese poond (SDG)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+249
ISO 3166 codeSD
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

  1. "2005 constitution in English" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 21 Juin 2009. Retrieved 31 Mey 2013.
  2. Rayah, Mubarak B. (1978). Sudan civilization. Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Ministry of Culture and Information. p. 64.
  3. "United Nations world population prospects"(PDF) 2015 revision
  4. "Discontent over Sudan census". News24. Cape Town. Agence France-Presse. 21 Mey 2009. Retrieved 8 Julie 2011.
  5. a b c d "Sudan". International Monetary Fund.
  6. "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
  7. "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
  8. "Online Etymology Dictionary". Etymonline.com. Retrieved 26 Juin 2010.
  9. Collins, Robert O. A History of Modern Sudan Abid Mohieldin Cambridge University Press, 2008. 3.

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