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Sudan

Full country name:Republic of the Sudan
Area:2,505,810 sq. km (967,945 sq. miles)
Population:34,475,690 (July 1999 est.)
Capital cityKhartoum (population: 924,505 in 1993)
People:black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Language:Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English note: program of Arabization in process
ReligionSunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum)
President:President Lt. General Umar Hasan Ahmad al-BASHIR (since 16 October 1993)

 

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