Largest Cities    
  Durman 1,670,000 2002
  Khartoum 1,244,500 2002
  Khartoum-North 920,600 2002
       
  Key Data    
  Region: Africa  
  Population: 36,841,500 October 2002
  Area Total: 2,505,810 km2  
  Area Land: 2,376,000 km2  
  Coast Line: 853 km km  
  Capital: Khartoum  
  Climate: Tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season (April to October).
  Languages : Arabic (official) Nubian Ta Bedawie
Diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic,
Sudanic languages, English
  Currency: 1 Sudan Dinar=0.0139966 AED= 0.00381057 US $
  Holiday: Independence Day, 1 January (1956)
       
 
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