Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Sudan
Republic of the Sudan | |
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| Motto: النصر لنا (Arabic) an-Naṣr lanā "Victory is Ours" | |
| 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") | |
.svg) Sudan in dark green | |
| Capital | Khartoum 15°38′N 032°32′E / 15.633°N 32.533°E |
| Largest city | Omdurman |
| Official languages | Arabic · English |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Religion |
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| Demonym(s) | Sudanese |
| Government | Federal provisional government[4] |
| Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | |
| Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo | |
| Osman Hussein (acting) | |
| Legislature | Transitional Legislative Council |
| Formation | |
| 2500 BC | |
| 1070 BC | |
| 1885 | |
| 1899 | |
• Independence from the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt | 1 January 1956 |
• Secession of South Sudan | 9 July 2011 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,886,068 km2 (728,215 sq mi) (15th) |
| Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 47,958,856[5] (30th) |
• Density | 21.3/km2 (55.2/sq mi) (202nd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $203.040 billion[6] |
• Per capita | $4,442[7] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $30.808 billion[8] |
• Per capita | $674[9] |
| Gini (2014) |  34.2[10]medium |
| HDI (2022) |  0.508[11]low · 172th |
| 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
Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Egypt to the north, Eritrea to the northeast, Ethiopia to the southeast, Libya to the northwest, South Sudan to the south and the Red Sea. It has a population of 45.70 million people as of 2022 and occupies 1,886,068 square kilometres, making it Africa's third-largest country by area, and the third-largest by area in the Arab League. It was the largest country by area in Africa and the Arab League until the secession of South Sudan in 2011, since which both titles have been held by Algeria. Its capital is Khartoum and its most populated city is Omdurman.