VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — AFRICA
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SUDAN
Republic of the Sudan
SD · SDN
INDEPENDENT 1956
THIRD-LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA
POPULATION
50.4M
AREA
1,886,068 km²
CAPITAL
Khartoum
CURRENCY
SDG
GDP / CAPITA
$750
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Jebel Marra, 3,042 m
LOWEST POINT
Red Sea, 0 m
COASTLINE
853 km
LAND BORDERS
6,819 km, 7 countries
TERRAIN
Generally flat plains, deserts in the north, mountains in the west, south, and northeast.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
15.50°N, 32.56°E
TIME ZONE
CAT, UTC+2 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Central African Republic
Chad
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Libya
South Sudan
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Transitional (military-led, civil conflict)
RELIGION
Islam, ~97%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
66 years
HDI
0.516 — Low (rank 167)
LANGUAGES
ArabicOFFICIAL
EnglishOFFICIAL
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum extraction
Cotton ginning
Food processing
Gold mining
TOP EXPORTS
Gold
Crude petroleum
Livestock
Peanuts
TOP IMPORTS
Foodstuffs
Machinery
Petroleum products
LAND USE
Agricultural, 41%
Forest, 10%
Desert / other, 49%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
13.2M
1970
17.4M
1980
24.4M
1990
29.6M
2000
35.6M
2010
43.4M
2020
50.4M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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