Sudan
Sudan is in Northern Africa, with its capital at Khartoum and an area of about 1,886,068 km². Explore its flag, anthem, population, GDP ranking, government, natural resources, provinces and major cities on an interactive 3D globe.
- Official name
- Republic of the Sudan
- Capital
- Khartoum
- Region
- Africa · Northern Africa
- Area
- 1,886,068 km²
- Languages
- Arabic, English
- Currencies
- Sudanese pound (SDG)
- Natural resources
- petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold; hydropower
- Industries
- oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly, milling
- Main exports
- crude petroleum, gold, oil seeds, sheep and goats, ground nuts
First-level divisions (17)
- Al Jazirah
- Al Qadarif
- Blue Nile
- Central Darfur
- East Darfur
- Kassala
- North Darfur
- North Kordofan
- Northern
- Red Sea
- River Nile
- Sennar
- South Darfur
- South Kordofan
- West Soudan
- White Nile
- Khartoum
Major cities
- Khartoum (population 4,754,000)
- Omdurman (population 2,395,159)
- Port Sudan (population 489,725)
- Kassala (population 401,477)
- Al-Ubayyid (population 393,311)
- Nyala (population 392,373)
- Kosti (population 345,068)
- Wad Madani (population 332,714)
- Al-Fashir (population 252,609)
- Al Qadarif (population 201,282)
- Shendi (population 186,611)
- Ad-Damazin (population 186,051)
- Kaduqli (population 176,931)
- Atbarah (population 168,612)
- Geneina (population 162,981)