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Location: |
Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea |
Size: |
2,505,810 sq. km.
(just over one-quarter the size of the US)
Elevation varies from
sea level to 3,187 meters |
Population: |
39,379,358 (July 2007
est.)
* 0-14 years: 41.6%
* 15-64 years: 56%
* 65+ years: 2.4%
Median age: 18.7 years
Life expectancy: 49.11 years
HIV / AIDS: 2.3% |
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Sunni Muslim 70%
Indigenous beliefs 25%
Christian 5% |
Language: |
Arabic (official)
Nubian
Ta Bedawie
Nilotic
Nilo-Hamatic
English
other languages |
Government: |
Power-sharing government |
Capital: |
Khartoum |
Independence: |
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK) |
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