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Sudan
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السودان
Sudan |
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[1]السودان - جمهورية السودان
السودان أكبر قطر في أفريقيا[بحاجة لمصدر]، السمة الرئيسية فيه هي نهر النيل وروافده، المرتبةالحادية عشر بين بلدان العالم الأكبرجمهورية السودان مساحة[بحاجة لمصدر].
العاصمة: الخرطوم وتعرف بالعاصمة المثلثة لأنها تتكون من ثلاثة مدن كبيرة وهى( الخرطوم - أم درمان - بحرى )
اسم القطر : الاسم الرسمي : جمهورية السودان والاسم القصير المتعارف عليه: السودان
الاستقلال: 1 يناير 1956م (الاستقلال من الحكم الثنائي مصر وبريطاني
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Sudan - Republic of Sudan
The Republic of Sudan is the largest country by area in Africa and the largest Arab country by area. It is bordered by ► Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, ► Eritrea and ► Ethiopia to the east, ► Kenya and ► Uganda to the southeast, the ► Democratic Republic of the Congo and the ► Central African Republic to the southwest, ► Chad to the west, and ► Libya to the northwest.
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| Short name |
Sudan |
| Official name |
Republic of Sudan |
| Status |
Independent country since 1956 |
| Location |
North Africa |
| Capital |
[2]الخرطوم
Khartoum |
| Population |
36,992,490 inhabitants |
| Area |
2,505,813 km² |
| Languages |
Arabic, English and indigenous languages like Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Sudanic languages, |
| Religions |
Islam, Animism |
| More information |
Sudan, Geography of Sudan, History of Sudan and Politics of Sudan |
| More images |
Sudan - Sudan (Category). |
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In Arabic
General maps
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Map of Sudan within Africa |
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General map of Sudan |
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Map of Southern Sudan |
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Darfur states |
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Autonomous Southern Sudan |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Sudan, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Sudan.
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1994 political map |
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Destroyed villages |
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Current political situation and factions within Sudan |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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Map of Egypt and the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
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Upper Nubia and Abyssinia, 1891 |
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Map of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan in 1892 |
Other maps
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Transportation map |
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Oil and gas concessions |
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Sudan languages |
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Catholic dioceses |
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Oil and Gas |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
- ↑ Romanization: Sūdān - Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān.
- ↑ Romanization: al-Kharṭūm.
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Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
