Republic of the Sudan | |
|---|---|
Anthem: نحن جند الله، جند الوطن (Arabic) Naḥnu Jund Allah, Jund Al-waṭan (English: "We are the Soldiers of God, the Soldiers of the Nation") | |
_highlighted.svg) Sudan in dark green, disputed regions in light green. | |
| Capital and largest city | Khartoum 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E |
| Official languages | |
| Demonym(s) | Sudanese |
| Government | Federal provisional government |
| Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | |
| Abdalla Hamdok | |
| Legislature | Transitional Legislative Council |
| Formation | |
• Anglo-Egyptian Sudan colonization | 1899 |
• Independence and end of the Anglo-Egyptian rule | 1 January 1956 |
• Secession of South Sudan | 9 July 2011 |
| 11 April 2019 | |
| 4 August 2019 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,886,068 km2 (728,215 sq mi) (15th) |
| Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 41,592,539 [2] (33rd) |
• 2008 census | 30,894,000 (disputed)[3] |
• Density | 21.3/km2 (55.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $177.678 billion[4] |
• Per capita | $4,232[5] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $33.903 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $808[7] |
| Gini (2009) | 35.3[8] medium |
| HDI (2019) |  0.510[9]low · 170th |
| Currency | Sudanese pound (SDG) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +249 |
| ISO 3166 code | SD |
| Internet TLD | .sd سودان. |
Sudan
The Sudan or North Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, Libya to the northwest, Chad to the west, the Central African Republic to the southwest, South Sudan to the south, Ethiopia to the southeast, Eritrea to the east, and the Red Sea to the northeast. Sudan has a population of 43 million and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres, making it Africa's third-largest country and also the third-largest in the Arab world. It was the largest country in Africa and the Arab world by area before the secession of South Sudan in 2011.