AFRICA: ONE CONTINENT. MANY WORLDS. | ATLAS

Sudan
Jumhuriyat as-Sudan


  • Capital: Khartoum
  • Population: 31,065,229
  • Population Density: 32 per square mile
  • Ethnic Makeup: Black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%.
  • Official Language(s): Arabic
  • Religious Beliefs: Sunni Muslim 70%, indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5%
  • Area: 966,757 square miles
  • Topography: The north consists of the Libyan Desert in the west, and the mountainous Nubia Desert in the east, with the narrow Nile valley between. The center contains large, fertile, rainly areas with fields.

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    Maps by Kimberly Townsend, © Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation.

    Atlas information obtained from "The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1997" published by K-III Reference Company.

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