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| Country |
: |
Republic of the Sudan |
| Capital |
: |
Khartoum |
| Total Area |
: |
967,498.65 sq mi
2,505,810.00 sq km
(slightly more than
one-quarter the size of the US) |
| Population |
: |
36,080,373 (July 2001 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
: |
84,192,309 |
| Languages |
: |
Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of
Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English |
| Literacy |
: |
46.1% total, 57.7% male, 34.6% female (1995
est.) |
| Religions |
: |
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian
5% (mostly in south and Khartoum) |
| Life Expectancy |
: |
55.85 male, 58.08 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
: |
Transitional - ruling military junta took power in 1989;
government is dominated by members of Sudan's National Islamic Front (NIF), a
fundamentalist political organization, which uses the National Congress Party
(NCP) as its legal front |
| Currency |
: |
1 Sudanese dinar (SD) = 100 piastres |
| GDP (per capita) |
: |
$1,000 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
: |
Cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap
distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals,
armaments |
| Agriculture |
: |
Cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum
arabic, sugarcane, cassara, mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame;
sheep, livestock |
| Arable Land |
: |
5% |
| Natural Resources |
: |
Petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore,
zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower |
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