1. By: Alexander Goeke

2. Sudan’s capital is khartoum Khartoums population is 2,207,794 people It is the largest city in Sudan Khartoum doesn’t have many exotic animals, but it does have many farm animals like goats and horses to pull farm equipment.

3. Location Sudan’s relative location is it is surrounded by eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Dem. Rep. of Congo, Chad, Libya, and Egypt. It is located also on the northeast coast of Africa. Sudan also bordering the Red Sea.

4. Main Geographic Features The area of Sudan is 967,500 square miles. Sudan is the largest country in Africa and almost the size of the continental U.S. east of the Mississippi river. Sudan is mainly flat with some mountains in the east and west.

5. Climate The climate of Sudan is mostly desert and savanna in the north and the central regions and tropical in the south.

6. Ethnic Groups The people in the north are mostly Arab/Muslim and black African/Christian and Amist in the south. RELIGIOUS GROUPS Sunni Muslim 70%; indigenous beliefs 25%; Christian 5%

7. Sudan’s flag

8. Population The population of Sudan is 40,212,456 people.

9. Most Used Language Arabic is the official language in Sudan. Other Languages; Nubian, Tu Bedawin, other Sudanic languages, and English.

10. Health and Political Statistics Unemployment rate: 18.7% (2002 est.) Infant mortality rate: 86.98 of 1000. Life expectancy: 50.28 years old Inflation rate: 16.5%

11. Economy Main exports:crude oil and petroleum products, cotton,gold, sorghum peanuts, gumarabic, sugar, meat, hides, live animals, and sesame seeds. Annual income per person: $2,200

12. More Economy Gross domestic product: $97.5 billion GDP percent: 9.6% Land use:arable land: 6.78%; permanent crops: 0.17%; others: 93.05% Major Trading partners:China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, and India. Work Force: 7.5 million

13. Culture Official name: Jamhuriyat as-Sudan Flag description: three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black with a green isosceles triangle on the hoist side.

14. National Holidays Independence Day (january1), Eid al- Adha (date varies), Islamic New Year (date varies), Unity day (march 3), Uprising day (April 6), Prophet Muhammad’s birthday (date varies), May revolution anniversary (May 25), Revolution Day (June 30), Eid al-Fitr (date varies), Christmas (December 25).

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