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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 .
A map of Sudan. The Hala'ib Triangle has been under contested Egyptian administration since 2000. A Köppen climate classification map of Sudan. Sudan is situated in North Africa, with an 853 km (530 mi) coastline bordering the Red Sea. [208] It has land borders with Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, Chad, and ...
Before the secession of South Sudan on July 9, 2011, Sudan was the largest country in Africa and had 25 states. At its independence on January 1, 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).
Map of Sudan from 2011 with South Sudan independent. The history of Sudan refers to the territory that today makes up Republic of the Sudan and the state of South Sudan, which became independent in 2011. The territory of Sudan is geographically part of a larger African region, also known by the term "Sudan".
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Northern Sudan –lying between the Egyptian border and Sennar– has two distinct parts, the desert and the Nile Valley. [1] To the east of the Nile is the Nubian Desert and to the west, the Libyan Desert. [1] Both are stony, with sandy dunes drifting over the landscape. [1] There is virtually no rainfall in these deserts. [1]
The Sahel region covers a belt of grasslands south of the Sahara stretching from Senegal to Sudan. The Sudan, slightly more humid and arable region lying below the Sahel. Sudanian Savanna; Sudd; The Horn of Africa is a peninsula in East Africa that juts for hundreds of kilometers into the Arabian Sea, and lies along the southern side of the ...
A brutal war since April has left at least 10,000 dead and displaced 6 million. But the conflict remains a mere footnote on the international agenda.