Sudan
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Where it is
Languages
Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.
What it sells, and to whom
Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.
Trades with
Natural resources
Industries
Farms and fisheries
- sugarcane
- sorghum
- milk
- onions
- groundnuts
- sesame seeds
Largest cities
| Khartoum capital | 1,974,647 |
| Omdurman | 1,849,659 |
| Khartoum North | 1,012,211 |
| Nyala | 565,734 |
| Port Sudan | 489,725 |
Wars and conflicts
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Money, belief and alliances
Money
Belongs to
United Nations
World Meteorological Organization
International Civil Defence Organisation
International Development Association
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
Arab League
African Union
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
UNESCO
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
World Health Organization
Interpol
Universal Postal Union
Climate and geography
hot and dry; arid desert; rainy season varies by region (April to November)
Climate zone
Highest point
Landmarks and landscapes
Northern hemisphere.
Land borders (7)
In charge right now
Figures from its history
Muhammad Ahmad
The Mahdi, who took Khartoum in 1885
Muḥammad Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Faḥal was a Sudanese religious and political leader.
Omar al-Bashir
Ruler, 1989-2019, indicted for Darfur
Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir is a Sudanese former military officer and politician who served as head of state of Sudan under various titles from 1989 until 2019, when he was deposed in a coup d'état.
