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Also Known As Republic of the Sudan • As-Sūdān • Jumhūrīyat As-Sūdān
Head Of Government Prime Minister: Osman Hussein (acting)3
Capital Khartoum5
Population (2024 est.) 47,653,000
Head Of State President: Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan4
Form Of Government transitional government3
Official Languages6 Arabic; English
Official Religion See footnote 7.
Official Name Jumhūriyyat al-Sūdān1, 2 (Republic of the Sudan)
Total Area (Sq Km) 1,840,687
Total Area (Sq Mi) 710,689
Monetary Unit Sudanese pound (SDG)
Urban-Rural Population Urban: (2024) 36.8% • Rural: (2024) 63.2%
Life Expectancy At Birth Male: (2022) 64.9 years • Female: (2022) 69.5 years
Literacy: Percentage Of Population Age 15 And Over Literate Male: (2018) 65% • Female: (2018) 56%
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$) (2023) 990
1Data prior to 2011 include the newly created South Sudan unless otherwise noted.2Alternately known as The Sudan.3Pres. Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir was overthrown in a military coup on April 11, 2019. The constitution was suspended, and the government was dissolved and replaced with a transitional government led by the High Council of the Armed Forces from April 12, headed by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. On August 21 the High Council was replaced with a transitional Sovereignty Council, comprising military and civilian representatives with Burhan as president, that was expected to rule until democratic elections, scheduled for 2022, were held. On October 25, 2021, the military launched another coup. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other government officials were arrested, and the Sovereignty Council was dissolved. Promised elections were pushed back to July 2023. On November 11 Burhan formed a new Sovereignty Council, again with himself as president. A deal signed on November 21 between Burhan and Hamdok saw the latter reinstated as prime minister and resumed the transition process, but Hamdok resigned on January 2, 2022. Burhan appointed Osman Hussein as acting prime minister on January 19.4As head of the military.5Council of States meets in Khartoum; National Assembly meets in Omdurman.6Official working language per 2005 interim constitution.7Islamic law and custom are applicable to Muslims only.

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president of Sudan
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Salva Kiir Mayardit
president of South Sudan
ʿAbd Allāh
Sudanese religious leader
Gaafar Mohamed el-Nimeiri
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Mariette
Auguste Mariette
French archaeologist
C.G. Seligman
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Richard Lepsius.
Richard Lepsius
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Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet
Sir Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet
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prime minister of The Sudan
Rudolf Karl, baron von Slatin
governor of The Sudan
Anthony John Arkell
British Egyptologist
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Roman Catholic saint
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