Sudan

**Sudan** is a country in both North Africa and East Africa. The official name of Sudan is **The Republic of the Sudan**. Its capital and largest city is Khartoum.

İslam is the most common religion in Sudan.

## Geography

Sudan borders Egypt to the north, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest. Sudan has a sea to the northeast called the Red Sea.

Sudan used to have the largest area of all the countries in Africa.  However, on 9 July 2011, the southern part of the country separated and became a new country, South Sudan. Sudan now has an area of . It is the third largest country in Africa by area.  The Nile flows through Sudan, providing water to crops. There are many different tribal and ethnic groups, 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 45 million people live in Sudan. Almost two million people live in the capital Khartoum.

Arabic is the official language of Sudan. Most of the people speak in the Sudanese dialect, which is known as Sudanese Arabic. Beja and Hausa are other Afro-Asiatic languages that are spoken in certain parts of the country. Dinka and Nuer are the main Nilo-Saharan languages spoken in Sudan. Several Nubian and Niger-Congo languages are also spoken. As a former colony of Great Britain, English is also spoken throughout the country.

Islam is the official state religion and the majority of Sudanese are Muslims, mostly Sunni. Along the southern border there are also people who are Christian or animist.

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

## War

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

## Related pages

- States of Sudan
- List of rivers of Sudan
- Sudan at the Olympics
- Sudan national football team
- Muhammed Ahmed, the Mahdi

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Republic of the Sudan
- **common name**: _Sudan_
- **native name**:
__
- **image flag**: Flag of Sudan.svg
- **image coat**: Emblem of Sudan.svg
- **symbol type**: Emblem
- **national motto**:
_an-Naṣr lanā_

- **national anthem**:
_Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan, Naḥnu jund Allah, jund al-waṭan_
()

- **image map**: Sudan (orthographic projection) highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Sudan in dark green, disputed regions in light green.
- **capital**: Khartoum
- **largest city**: Omdurman
- **languages type**: National language
- **languages**: Sudanese Arabic
- **government type**: Federation, Federal Presidential system, presidential republic, constitutional republic
- **leader title1**: List of heads of state of Sudan, President
- **leader name1**: Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
- **leader title2**: Vice President of Sudan, First Vice President
- **leader name2**: Malik Agar
- **leader title3**: Second Vice President
- **leader name3**: Shams al-Din Khabbashi
- **leader title4**: Prime Minister of Sudan, Prime Minister
- **leader name4**: Osman Hussein (politician), Osman Hussein (acting)
- **legislature**: Transitional Legislative Council (Sudan), Transitional Legislative Council
- **sovereignty type**: History of Sudan, Formation
- **established event1**: Kingdom of Kush
- **established date1**: 1070 BC
- **established event2**: Mahdist Sudan
- **established date2**: 1885
- **established event3**: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium
- **established date3**: 1899
- **established event4**: Independence and end of the Anglo-Egyptian rule
- **established date4**: 1 January 1956
- **established event5**: Secession of South Sudan
- **established date5**: 9 July 2011
- **area km2**: 1886068
- **area rank**: 15th
- **area sq mi**: 728215
- **population estimate**: 44,909,353
- **population census**: 30,894,000 (disputed)
- **population estimate year**: 2021
- **population estimate rank**: 33rd
- **population census year**: 2008
- **population density km2**: 21.3
- **population density sq mi**: 55.3
- **population density rank**: 202nd
- **gdp ppp**: $177.678 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2018
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $4,232
- **gdp nominal**: $33.903 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2018
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $808
- **gini**: 34.2
- **gini year**: 2014
- **gini change**: decrease
- **hdi**: 0.510
- **hdi year**: 2019
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 170th
- **currency**: Sudanese pound
- **currency code**: SDG
- **time zone**: Central Africa Time, CAT
- **utc offset**: +2
- **date format**: dd/mm/yyyy
- **drives on**: Right
- **calling code**: +249
- **iso3166code**: SD
- **cctld**: .sd
سودان.
- **demonym**: Demographics of Sudan, Sudanese