Republic of the Sudan

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The Republic of Sudan 
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Sudan GeographyLocation North East Africa
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• Geography-notes
• Ranked tenth in the world in area.
• largest country in Arab World and Africa.

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Cities and States Sudan is a FEDERAL country
divided into 26 states. Khartoum is the capital
and Port Sudan is seaport city on the Red Sea.
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Major Rivers and Lakes The White Nile coming
from lake VICTORIA,UGANDA, joins the Blue Nile
which is coming from lake TANA, Ethiopia at
Khartoum confluence.
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Sudan People

• Sudan is a multiracial and multi-religious
  country.
• There are about 500 tribes and 200 languages and
  dialects.
• Arabic is lingua franca ,the common language
  spoken by the majority.

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Sudan History

• Ancient Nubian civilization
• Press the links below
• EARLY HISTORY
• Cush
• Meroe
• Christian Nubia
• THE COMING OF ISLAM
• The Arabs
• The Decline of Christian Nubia
• The Rule of the Kashif
• The Funj
• The Fur

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Traditional Arts and craftsMany crafts are
available in Sudan's souks (markets). Strings of
heavy beads often include antique trading beads
made from colored glass.
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Crafts
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Customs

• Marriage and Family
• The traditional Sudanese family is strongly
  patriarchal. Three generations of males and their
  spouses and children usually live in the same
  household. The home is a cohesive, private place
  where a family member can always return for
  support. Women manage the home. Read More

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Eating

• Lamb, goat, and fowl are the usual meats. Pasta
  dishes are also popular. Other common foods
  include flat breads made of sorghum or millet
  flour and spicy soups with meat or eggs.
• These are eaten with the right hand, using flat
  bread or a stiff millet porridge known as asida
  or kisra.
• The strong Sudanese coffee is served from a
  special tin "jug" with a long spout, known as a
  jebena.
• Fruit teas and herbal teas such as karkaday
  (hibiscus tea) are also popular.Most people seem
  to have a very sweet tooth, piling several
  teaspoons of sugar into their cups of tea, and
  enjoying sugary desserts.Peanuts, known as
  Ful-Sudani, are a popular snack, and can be made
  into delicious macaroons. Read more.

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Sudan Economy

• Natural resources Petroleum Iron ore, copper,
  chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold,
  Uranium, ETC.. .
• Industries
• cotton ginning, textiles, cement,
• edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes,
  petroleum refining .

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Red Sea
The Sudanese coast is 650 km long as the crow
flies numerous embayment and gulfs make it 750
km long. It has two prominent features coastal
lagoons, locally called marsas, and reefs, called
shia'ab in Arabic.
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Wild Life in Sudan

• Sudan is probably the country in the world with
  the greatest variety of big mammals living on
  land.
• Sudan has the largest natural ZOO in the world.

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Sudan Music

• Sudan has a variety of music.
• Traditional and modern at its different regions
• Click here to Listen to Sudanese Music

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Popular Dancing
Dancing is considered as one of the important
expressive means to many Sudanese tribes.

• Different Sudanese
• Tribes have different kind of dance.
• Watch video about Sudan Dance here-
• Click this Link

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Credits

• This work is designed by AnwarKing January 2005,
  South Korea
• E-mail anwarking_at_gmail.com

• Information collected from Various websites over
  internet
• Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute
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