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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 land of the Blacks ", referring to West Africa and northern ...
Sudan, [c] officially the Republic of the Sudan, [d] is a country in Northeast Africa.It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the southeast, and South Sudan to the south.
The Sudans (also known as the two Sudans or just Sudan) [1] is a region in Northeast Africa comprising the sovereign countries of Sudan and South Sudan. [2] Until 2011, the region was united under a state known as the Republic of the Sudan .
Before the independence of South Sudan, the States of Sudan were subdivided into 133 districts.With the adoption of the Interim National Constitution of Sudan [1] and the Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan, [2] the ten states of South Sudan are, however, now divided into counties.
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.
The death toll was at least 24, as youths from southern Sudan attacked northern Sudanese and clashed with security forces. [32] The African Union summit of 16–24 January 2006 was held in Khartoum; [33] as was the Arab League summit of 28–29 March 2006, during which they elected Sudan the Arab League presidency. [34]
States of Sudan Number on map Location Seal State name ISO 3166-2 code Capital Area in km 2 (sq mi) Population (2018) [1] English Arabic 1 Khartoum: ولاية الخرطوم (Wilāyat al-Kharṭūm) KH Khartoum: 22,142 km 2 (8,549 sq mi) 7,993,900 2 North Kordofan: شمال كردفان (Shamāl Kurdufān) KN el-Obeid: 185,302 km 2 (71,546 sq ...
Before the secession of South Sudan on 9 July 2011, Sudan was the largest country in Africa and had 25 states. At its independence on 1 January 1956, Sudan was divided into 9 historic regions that had existed in 1948 (Bahr el-Ghazal, Blue Nile, Darfur, Equatoria, Kassala, Khartoum, Kordofan, Northern and Upper Nile).