Overview of Sudan

Situation

  • Between latitudes 4 degrees and 22 degrees north of the equator and longitudes 22 degrees and 38 degrees east.

Area

  • 2.5 million Kilometers square; the equivalent of one million square miles.

Population

  • 39 million

Faith

  • Islam
  • Christianity
  • Ancient Creeds

Language

  • Arabic
  • English
  • Local Dialects

System

  • Presidential Republic

Administrative Divisions

  • 25 States
  • 15 In the North
  • 10 In the South

Arable Area

  • 300 Million feddans liable to increase to 400 million feddans.

Water Resources

  • Rains
  • Rivers
  • Subterranean Water

Climate

  • Desert and semi-desert in the north
  • Savannah in the centre
  • Equatorial in the South.

Forests

  • Covers over 40 percent of the country’s entire area.

Natural pastures

  • Vast areas of natural pasture upon which the national herd feeds.

Animal Wealth

  • 140 million heads of cattle (cows, camels, sheep, goats and horse species).

Fisheries

  • Abundant fish wealth of which only 30 percent is tapped.

Petroleum

  • Self-Sufficient and Oil-Exporting country.

Mineral resources

  • A variety of minerals yet unexploited.