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Sudan is situated in North Africa, with an 853 km (530 mi) coastline bordering the Red Sea. [199] It has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya. With an area of 1,886,068 km 2 (728,215 sq mi), it is the third-largest country on the continent (after Algeria and Democratic Republic ...
381 m (1,250.0 ft) Longest river. White Nile. A map of South Sudan, showing towns, cities, and disputed areas on its borders. The geography of South Sudan describes the physical features of South Sudan, a country in East Africa. South Sudan is a landlocked country and borders – clockwise – Sudan from the north, Ethiopia from the east, Kenya ...
Sudan is located in Northeast Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. Sudan is the third largest country in Africa, after Algeria and the Democratic Republic ...
South Sudan (/ s uː ˈ d ɑː n,-ˈ d æ n /), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in Central/East Africa. [16] It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the west by Central African Republic. South Sudan's diverse ...
Sudan is the geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to Central and Eastern Africa.The name derives from the Arabic bilād as-sūdān (بلاد السودان ) and arḍ as-sūdān (أَرْض السودان ), both meaning "the lands of the Black [Africans]", referring to West Africa and northern Central Africa.
Below is a list of the 18 states of the Sudan (Arabic names are in parentheses). Prior to 9 July 2011, the Republic of the Sudan was composed of 25 states. The ten southern states now form part of the independent country of South Sudan. Two additional states were created in 2012 within the Darfur region, and one in 2013 in Kordofan, bringing ...
The Sudans are situated in northern/northeastern Africa, with a 853 km (530 mi) coastline bordering the Red Sea. Possessing an area of 2,505,810 km 2 (967,499 sq mi), the two countries, if taken together, would be the largest country in Africa (a status they lost to Algeria when South Sudan became independent on 9 July 2011) and the tenth ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Sudan: . Sudan – North Eastern African state, bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest.