  Sudan
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| Sudan remains a politically unstable country. While the north remains calm, Darfur is wracked by crisis while the aftershocks of a decades-long civil war continue to reverberate across the south. |
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| Capital: Khartoum |
| Official languages: Arabic and English |
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| Government:Government of National Unity |
| President:Omar Hassan al-Bashir |
| Vice President: Salva Kiir |
| Independence:January 1, 1956, The British Empire and the Kin |
| Population:39,379,358 |
| Currency:Sudanese pound (SDG) |
| Description:Sudan remains a politically unstable country. While the north remains calm, Darfur is wracked by crisis while the aftershocks of a decades-long civil war continue to reverberate across the south. |
| Location:Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea |
| Area:2 505 810 sq_km |
| Natural Resource petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower |
| Internet Code:.sd |
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