Our Country
Sudan,
situated in Northeast Africa is a country of immense diversity that fascinates
and intrigues most of its visitors from anthropologists and archaeologists to
historians and average travellers. It is a country that is unique and complex
in its climate, politics, environment, languages, cultures, religion and
ethnicities.
Sudan is
the third largest country on the African continent with a total area of
1,882,000 sq km. The country has international borders with 7 states : Egypt,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad and Libya. The
River Nile traverses the country from South to North while the Red Sea washes
about 550 miles of eastern coast making Sudan a bridge between Africa and the
Middle East.
While the
population of Sudan predominately descends from both indigenous African groups
and Arabs, today most tribes in the country speak Arabic and the Arab culture
predominates. Over 97% of the population of Sudan is Sunni Muslims with a small
Christian minority.
January 1, 1956
Federal Republic
Arabic, English and other Dialects and languages as Nobian.
Oil-Petroleum Products, Cotton, Sesame, Livestock, Groundnuts, Gum Arabic, Sugar
Independence Day – January 1, Coptic Christmas – January 7, Al-Mowlid Al Nabawi (Birth of the Prophet) – February 26, Coptic Easter – April 28, Revolution Day – June 30.