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Official Name:
Jumhuriyat as-Sudan
Short form: As-Sudan
ISO Country Code: sd
Country Calling Code: +249
Capital City: Khartoum (pop. 1.4 million)
Other Cities: Omdurman (2.1 million), Port Sudan (pop. 450 000), Kassala, Kosti,
Juba, the capital of southern region.
Government:
Type: Provisional Government established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signed in January 2005.
Independence: 1 January 1956 (from the UK).
Geography:
Location: North-eastern Africa, south of Egypt, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
Area: 2.5 million km² (965,255 sq. mi.); North and South Sudan.
Terrain: Generally flat with mountains in east and west. The southern regions are inundated during the annual floods of the Nile River system.
Climate: Desert and savanna in the north and central regions and tropical in the south.