Place:Outline of Sudan

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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to Sudan
Flag of Sudan
Emblem of Sudan
Sudan's location on the map of the world

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Sudan:

Sudan – North Eastern African state, bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Internally, the river Nile divides the country into eastern and western regions. The population of Sudan is a combination of indigenous African inhabitants and descendants of migrants from the Arabian Peninsula. The overwhelming majority of the population today adhere to Islam.


General reference

An enlargeable relief map of Sudan and South Sudan (before partition)
  • Pronunciation:
  • Common English country name: Sudan
  • Official English country name: The Republic of Sudan
  • Common endonym(s): As-Sudan السودان
  • Official endonym(s): Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān جمهورية السودان (Arabic)
  • Adjectival(s): Sudanese
  • Demonym(s):
  • ISO country codes: SD, SDN, 736
  • ISO region codes: See SD
  • Internet country code top-level domain: .sd

Geography of Sudan

An enlargeable topographic map of Sudan and South Sudan (before partition)

Geography of Sudan

 Ethiopia 769 km
 Chad 1,360 km
 Egypt 1,273 km
 Central African Republic 175 km
 Eritrea 605 km
 Libya 383 km
 South Sudan 1 937 km
  • Coastline: Red Sea 853 km
  • Population of Sudan: 30,894,000 (2008) - 32nd most populous country
  • Area of Sudan: 1,886,068 km2
  • Atlas of Sudan

Environment of Sudan

An enlargeable satellite image of Sudan

Environment of Sudan

  • Climate of Sudan
  • Environmental issues in Sudan
  • Ecoregions in Sudan
  • Wildlife of Sudan
    • Fauna of Sudan
      • Birds of Sudan
      • Mammals of Sudan

Natural geographic features of Sudan

  • Glaciers in Sudan: none [1]
  • Mountains of Sudan
    • Volcanoes in Sudan
  • Rivers of Sudan
  • World Heritage Sites in Sudan

Regions of Sudan

Regions of Sudan

Ecoregions of Sudan

List of ecoregions in Sudan

  • Ecoregions in Sudan

Administrative divisions of Sudan

Administrative divisions of Sudan

  • States of Sudan
    • Districts of Sudan
States of Sudan

States of Sudan

  • Blue Nile
  • Al Jazirah
  • Kassala
  • Khartoum
  • North Darfur
  • North Kordofan
  • Northern
  • Al Qadarif
  • Red Sea
  • River Nile
  • Sennar
  • South Darfur
  • South Kordofan
  • West Darfur
  • White Nile
Districts of Sudan

Districts of Sudan

The States of Sudan are subdivided into 133 districts.

Demography of Sudan

Demographics of Sudan

Government and politics of Sudan

Politics of Sudan

  • Form of government: authoritarian democracy
  • Capital of Sudan: Khartoum
  • Elections in Sudan
  • Political parties in Sudan

Branches of the government of Sudan

Government of Sudan

Executive branch of the government of Sudan

Legislative branch of the government of Sudan

  • Parliament of Sudan (bicameral)
    • Upper house: Senate of Sudan
    • Lower house: House of Commons of Sudan

Judicial branch of the government of Sudan

Court system of Sudan

Foreign relations of Sudan

Foreign relations of Sudan

  • Diplomatic missions in Sudan
  • Diplomatic missions of Sudan

Membership in international organizations

The Republic of Sudan is a member of:[2]

Law and order in Sudan

Law of Sudan

Military of Sudan

Military of Sudan

Local government in Sudan

Local government in Sudan

History of Sudan

This section is an excerpt from Template:Sudan topics § History[ edit ]

Culture of Sudan

Visual and performing arts in Sudan

  • Literature of Sudan
  • Music of Sudan
  • Cinema of Sudan
  • Photography of Sudan
  • Visual arts of Sudan
  • Architecture of Sudan
  • Fashion of Sudan

General culture of Sudan

  • Cuisine of Sudan[3]
  • Languages of Sudan
  • Media in Sudan
  • Television in Sudan
  • National symbols of Sudan
    • Coat of arms of Sudan
    • Flag of Sudan
    • National anthem of Sudan
    • Orders, decorations, and medals
  • People of Sudan
  • Public holidays in Sudan
  • Religion in Sudan
    • Islam in Sudan
    • Christianity in Sudan
    • Hinduism in Sudan
  • National Museum of Sudan

Sports in Sudan

  • Football in Sudan
  • Sudan at the Olympics
  • Nuba fighting

Economy and infrastructure of Sudan

Economy of Sudan

  • Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 66th (sixty-sixth)
  • Agriculture in Sudan
  • Banking in Sudan
    • National Bank of Sudan
  • Communications in Sudan
    • Internet in Sudan
  • Companies of Sudan
  • Currency of Sudan: Pound
  • Energy in Sudan
  • Health care in Sudan
  • Mining in Sudan
  • Tourism in Sudan
  • Transport in Sudan
    • Airports in Sudan
    • Rail transport in Sudan

Education in Sudan

Education in Sudan

Health in Sudan

Health in Sudan

See also

Sudan

References

  1. ↑ The only glaciers in Africa are on Mt Kenya (in Kenya), on Kilimanjaro (in Tanzania), and in the Ruwenzori Mountains (which are located in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo). See Proceedings of the Riederalp Workshop, September 1978; Actes de l'Atelier de Riederalp, septembre 1978): IAHS-AISH Publ. no. 126, 1980.
  2. ↑ "Sudan". The World Factbook. United States Central Intelligence Agency. July 21, 2009. https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/sudan/. 
  3. ↑ Davidson, Alan; Jaine, Tom (2014-11-20), Jaine, Tom, ed., "Sudan" (in en), The Oxford Companion to Food (Oxford University Press), doi:10.1093/acref/9780199677337.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-967733-7, https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199677337.001.0001/acref-9780199677337-e-2377, retrieved 2021-05-29 

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