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Republic of the Sudan | Capital
Khartoum | Total Area
967,498.65 sq mi
2,505,810.00 sq km
(slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US) | Population
35,079,814 (July 2000 est.) | Estimated Population in 2050
84,192,309 | Languages
Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English | Literacy
46.1% total, 57.7% male, 34.6% female (1995 est.) | Religions
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), indigenous beliefs 25%, Christian 5% (mostly in south and Khartoum) | Life Expectancy
55.49 male, 57.66 female (2000 est.) | Government Type
transitional - previously ruling military junta | Currency
1 Sudanese dinar (SD) = 100 piastres | GDP (per capita)
$940 (1999 est.) | Labor Force (by occupation)
agriculture 80%, industry and commerce 10%, government 6%, unemployed 4% | Industry
cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining | Agriculture
cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, gum arabic, sesame; sheep | Arable Land
5% | Exports
cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, oil, gum arabic | Imports
foodstuffs, petroleum products, manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles | Natural Resources
petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower | Current Environmental Issues
inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by excessive hunting; soil erosion; desertification | Telephones (main lines in use)
75,000 (1995) | Telephones (mobile cellular)
3,000 (1998) | Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
1 (1999) | | (U.S. Government sources) | | |
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