Sudan

​ Sudan's Flag​  ​

Sudan's flag was adopted on May 20, 1970. Like most flags, Sudan's flag's colors mean something about the country. The color red in the flag stands for struggle and the martyrs of Sudan and the Great Arab Land. White stands for peace, Islam, optimism, love, and light. The black stands for Sudan and the Mahdist Revolution (the black flag). Green stands for prosperity, good, and agriculture.

​ Sudan's timeline 1955: the first civil in Sudan began 1956: Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom 1958: General Ibrahim abdoud set a military coup aganist the goverentment 1962: The civil war spreads to Sothern Sudan. 1964: Overthrows Abboud's regime. 1972: the first civil war ended between Northern and southern Sudan with the Addis Ababa agreement 1983: The second civil war begins between the north and south 1985: President Nieiry is striped of power and the Transitional military council is set up 1989: Government over thrown by a coup and Omar al-Bashir becomes the new president 2003: The Darfur conflict is started 2004: The army moves into Darfur to stop the rebellion and thousands of refugees flee to Chad 2005: Both sides signed the Naivasha agreement which ended the second civil war 2006: Government signs a peace accord with the Darfur rebel group, ending the conflict

Tourist Information ​ Come to Sudan! You can go to the Dinder National Park. This park is on the Ethiopian/Sudanese border, and it is one of the largest parks in the world and has a lot of different species. Also, you can go to the Red Sea, and because its water is transparent you can see many different kinds of fish and the beautiful coral reefs. In Khartoum, the capital, there is the Omhudurman camel market, the Arab souk and the National Museum. Although Arabic is the national language, English is spoken a lot in the country. So you can communicate with a lot of the people there. Speaking of communication, Internet access is available in main towns. Sudan has tropical weather in the south and has dry weather in the north. But there is currently a civil war taking place in the south.

Sudan facts Sudan's government is an authoritarian democracy. Sudan's government is run by both the military and the National Congress Party. Also, Omar al-Basher is Sudan's leader. Furthermore, Sudan's suffrage is 17 years old, but is noncompulsory. Next, Sudan's religions are Muslim, Animism, and Christianity. Sudan has 597 tribes that speak over 400 different languages and dialects. Some of these tribes are the Azande, Bor, Jo Luo, Acholi, Lotuhu, Pojulu, Mundari, Kuku, Kakaw, and the Ngangware. The population of Sudan is 40,218,456 and the population growth rate is 2.134%. Lastly, the military expenditure is 3% of the GDP. Lastly, the most current thing that has happened to Sudan was in 2007 President Bush placed fresh sanctions on Sudan.

First, Sudan is one of Africa's poorest countries. Sudan imports many things such as wheat, medicines, textiles, chemicals, and transport equipment. Also, Sudan's exports/agriculture products include oil and petroleum products, cotton, sesame, livestock, ground nuts, sugarcane, mangos, bananas, sweet potatoes, sheep, papaya, millet, and sorghum. Furthermore, the GDP per capita for Sudan is $2,200. Thus, the unempolyment rate in Sudan is 18.7%.The currency is Sudan is Sudanese Pounds. In conclusion, some illicit drugs used in Sudan are alcohol and hashish. The main industries in Sudan include weaving mills, spinning mills, gum Arabic production, paper mills, and raw material extraction.

Additionally, education lasts about 3 years in Sudan. Also, the literacy rate in adults is 60 percent. Also, the life expectancy rate in Sudan is 59-61 years. Next, the infant mortality rate in Sudan is 82.43 deaths per 1,000 births. Finally, the net migration rate in Sudan is .67 migrants out of 1,000 people.

Sudan's location

As you can see on the map below, Sudan is bordered by Egypt, Ulbya, Chad, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. Sudan is in the northeastern part of Africa and it is the largest country in Africa. The northeastren part of Sudan borders the Red Sea. Sudan's total area is 2,505,813 sq. km. Sudan is a liitle more then a quarter of the size of the U.S. Also, Sudan is the tenth largest country in the world. Furthermore, Sudan's capital is Khartoum which is located in the eastern part of Sudan.

First, only 5% of Sudan is made up of water and only 7% of it is irrigated. Also, a lot of the Nile River flows through Sudan, but even so, Sudan does not have a lot of water. Next, Sudan is mostly made up of plains with a few mountains in the east and west. A huge natural disater in Sudan are dust storms which cause soil loss, they damage young crops, and dust storms increase the spread of disease around the world by blowing up virus spores in the ground.

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