{"id":705,"date":"2014-07-04T09:32:37","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T09:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sudanembassy.com.pk\/en\/?page_id=705"},"modified":"2014-07-06T13:20:21","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T13:20:21","slug":"facts-figures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sudanembassy.com.pk\/en\/facts-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts & Figures"},"content":{"rendered":"

National Parks :<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"image058\"<\/a>Sudan\ufffds vast array of wildlife can be seen in their natural habitat in various game parks or natural reserve of which the most famous is Dinder National park with a surface area of 10,290 square km. the Dinder National park is one of the larget in the world. In addition to the Radom park in the western park of Sudan and parks in the southern region.
\nFor more information contact the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife , promotion and information Dept.
\nTel:466103-473035 Khartoum.<\/p>\n

Education:<\/strong>
\nLiteracy percentage (15 years and over): 69%.<\/p>\n

Religion:<\/strong>
\nMuslims: 96.7% , Christians: 3%.
\nTraditional indigenous belief 0.3%<\/p>\n

Language:<\/strong>
\nArabic language: the official language.English is also widely used.
\nThere are also local dialects used in the following states: Northern, South Kordofan, Kassala, Red Sea and Darfur states.<\/p>\n

Economy:
\n<\/strong>Gross Domestic produt (GDP) (in billion pounds): 154,494 pounds.
\nGross Domestic product (in billion dollars): 66.6 dollars.
\nCountry comparion to the world: 64.
\nGross Domestic product (GDP) (real growth rate) 2011: 6.2<\/p>\n

Industries:<\/strong>
\nOil, god, cotton, ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap, shoes, petroleum refining, armaments, automobiles, pharmaceuticals, meat and leather.<\/p>\n

Electricity:<\/strong>
\nGenerated power 8,850 gig watt\/hour.<\/p>\n

Oil:<\/strong>
\nProduction 118,000 barrels per day (BPD).<\/p>\n

Government:<\/strong>
\nOfficial name of State: The Requblic of Sudan
\nShort nam: Sudan.
\nGovernment system: Presidential\/Federal.<\/p>\n

Exports:<\/strong>
\n\"donkey\"<\/a>Percentage of the National lncome: 17%.
\nCommodities: Gold, copper, chromium, oil petroleum products, cotton, sesae, groundunts, gum Arabic, sugar,hibiscus, seeds (sunflower, watermelon seeds, seena), maize, fruits, vegetable, livestock, leather an medical gas.<\/p>\n

Imports:<\/strong>\u00a0Percentage of National lncome: 14%.
\nCommodities: Food, manufactured goods, refinery and transportation equipment, medicines, chemicals, spices textiles, wheat, fertilized, rubber, paper.<\/p>\n

Official Holidays:<\/strong>
\nIndepenencDay : January 1st.
\nChristmas (Eastern denominations): January 7th.
\nThe Prophet Muhammad\ufffds birth : Rabi Al \ufffdAwwal 12th.
\nEaster (Eastern and Werstern denominations): April 24thCommemoration of the National Revolution.
\nEid AL-Fitr: Shawwal 1st.
\nEid AL-Adha: DhulHijja 10th.
\nChristmas December25th (Western denominations).
\nSymbolism of Colors of Flag.
\nRed symbolize the blood of the martyrs.
\nWhite symbolizes peace and purity.
\nBlack symbolizes the former mighty ancestors.
\nGreen symbolizes fertility and development.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \nTelecommunication is the newest sector in Sudan. Sudan in the first in this domain in Africa , second in the middle east. By the end of 2010 all mobiles phones companies started providing the third generation (3G) services.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"Refinery_North_spc_sd\"<\/a>Natural Resources:<\/strong>
    \nMineral: Oil, Iron, gold, copper, chrome, zinc, silver and tungsten<\/p>\n

    Livestock:<\/strong>
    \nCamels, sheep, goats, wildlife (flora and fauna)<\/p>\n

    People:<\/strong>\u00a0Population: 33,419,625.
    \nCountry\ufffds population in comparison to the world: 35th, 3rd in the Arab World and 9th in Africa.
    \nPopulation increase : between the census of 1993-2008 is 52%.<\/p>\n

    Archeological Sites:<\/strong>
    \nThe Archeological areas stretch along the two banks of the river nile north of Khartoum to WadiHalfa, the MusawwaratEs-surfa, khurru, Nuri and Meroe are among the most fascinating in the whole area.<\/p>\n

    Water and Land.<\/strong>\u00a0Arab lands: 200 million acres.
    \nCultivated Lands: 20% (40 million acres).
    \nPermanent Crops : Maize, Millet, Wheat, Cotton and Peanuts.
    \nMain Crops: Gumarabic, Sugarcane, Dates, Citrus, Sunflowers and sorghum, Hibiscus.
    \nIrrigated land: 11 million acres.
    \nRain- fed land: 29 million acres.
    \nForest: 11.6 of the country\ufffds total area.
    \nGreen area per capita: 1.1,68.
    \nAverage tree density in acres: 200\/500.
    \nTotal Water Resources: 30.8 billion m^3.
    \nAverage Nile Water Supply in Central Areas: 93 billion m^3.
    \nSudan\ufffds Share: (According to the 1959 Nile water agreement): 18.5 billion m^3.
    \nEgypt\ufffds Share: 55.5 billion m^3.<\/p>\n

    Nile Water and Tributaries:\u00a0<\/strong>
    \nBlue Nile: 50 billion m^3.
    \nWhite Nile: 27billion m^3.
    \nAl-Dindirriver: 3biilion m^3.
    \nAl-Rahadriver: 1 billion m^3.
    \nAtbara river: 12 billion m^3.<\/p>\n

    Total of 93 billion m^3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Average Annual Water Gall: 400 billion m^3.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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