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Country Sudan Official Name Republic of Sudan Capital Khartoum Main Towns Al Obeid, Juba, Khartoum, Malakai, Omdurman, Port Sudan, Wadi Medani, Wau Subdivisions 26 states: A'ali an Nil, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrat, Al Jazirah, Al Khartum, Al Qadarif, Al Wahdah, An Nil al Abyad, An Nil al Azraq, Ash Shamaliyah, Bahr al Jabal, Gharb al Istiwa'iyah, Gharb Bahr al Ghazal, Gharb Darfur, Gharb Kurdufan, Janub Independence 1 January 1956 UN Membership 12 November 1956 OAU Membership 25 May 1963 Commonwealth n/a Other Organisations ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO (correspondent), ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, Population 30,120,420 (July Area 967,500 sq. mls. (2,505,813 sq. kms.) Density 10 per sq.km. (1995) Highest Point Kinyeti 10,456 ft. (3,187 m.) Lowest Point Red Sea - sea level Neighbors Central African Republic (SW), Chad (W), Egypt (N), Ethiopia (E), Kenya (SE), Libya (NW), Uganda (S), Zaire (S) Life Expectancy 54 years (1995), total populatio Adult Literacy Rate 25% (1985), total population: 46 Ethnic Group Black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1% Languages Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English Religion Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Traditional Animist 25%, Christian 5% (in south and Khartoum) Type of Government Transitional - ruling military junta took power in 1989 President Lt. Gen. Umar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir (since 16 October 1993) Prime Minister --- Political Parties Many banned following 30 June 1989 coup, the government allows them under a 1998 law revised in 2000. Approved parties include t Ruling Party National Islamic Front (NIF) dominates National Assembly Currency Sudanese Dinar (SD) - replaced t GDP --- GNP US$300 (1992) US$250 (1994) Debt US$24.9bn (2000 est.) Major Imports Petroleum, manufactured goods, machinery & transport equipment, chemicals foodstuffs Imports From China 14.7%, Libya 14.7%, Saudi Arabia 8.9%, UK 8.7%, France 6.7%, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Italy Major Exports Cotton & cotton products, gum arabic, sesame, oil & petroleum products, livestock, groundnuts, sugar Exports To Saudi Arabia 16%, Italy 10%, Germany 5%, France 3%, Thailand 3%, Japan
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