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Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government (see also Research) - Form of government:
- Population: 34,475,690 (22% urban)
- Total area: 2,505,810 sq. km
- Languages: Arabic (official), Darfurian (18%), Nilotic (23%)
- Religions: Islam (70%), traditional animist beliefs (20%)
- Per capita GDP: $930 p.a. (1998)
- Exports: $596m; cotton, livestock, gum arabic, sesame
- Literacy: 46.1% (1995)
- Life expectancy: 56.4 years (57.4f, 55.4m)
Sources
- [CIA World Factbook] country data - Sudan
- [U.S. State Department] [Bureau of African Affairs] country profile - Sudan
- [U.S. Library of Congress] country study - Sudan
- [Atlapedia Online] country data - Sudan
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Sudan - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence, news
and weather
- Encyclopedia of the Orient - Sudan - politics, economy, health & education, maps, people & religion, history
- [Index on Africa] country page - Sudan
- [Nation by Nation] country data - Sudan - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- [World Skip] country data - Sudan
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- ArabDataNet - country information, news, directory, events
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- Inter-government:
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) (Lusaka, Zambia)
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- European Union Development Programme - Sudan
- Near East Foundation (NEF) in Sudan (USA) - works with NGOs and informal community groups to deliver medicine and basic
health care to isolated areas, improve access to clean water, revitalize fish-farming, and strengthen local institutions
- Nile Basin Initiative - sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utilization of resources
- Worldwide Nubian Organization - Nubians have their origins in the asymmetrical incorporation of the history of pre-colonial
Uganda, Sudan and Egypt
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
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Ethnicity, language, the arts, history & heritage, performance, costume, and literature
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Guides & advice, accommodation, attractions, transport, agents, and organisers
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Statistics, government, economy, geography, demography, and society
- Essential data:
- [CIA World Factbook] country data - Sudan
- Social development:
- [World Bank] country brief - Sudan
- [Africa Confidential] news articles - Sudan
- [UNICEF] children's health & education statistics - Sudan
- [OneWorld.net] country database - Sudan - news articles selected from around the world
- [IRINnews.org] IRIN Archive Sudan - news articles from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- [Norwegian Refugee Council] Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) database - Sudan
- [U.S. Refugee Committee] World Refugee Survey country report - Sudan
- Human rights:
- [Amnesty International] Report 2001-Sudan
- [Human Rights Watch] human Rights Developments 2000 - Sudan
- [International Lesbian and Gay Association] [Country Survey - Sudan] - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance:
- Governments on the WWW - Sudan - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- [Political Resources] - Sudan
- [CIA Library] [Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members] - Sudan
- [World Audit.org] national statistics and reports - Sudan - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- [ElectionWorld.org] election results in Sudan
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