Title: The Republic of Sudan
1The Republic of Sudan
2Sudan GeographyLocation North East Africa
3- Geography-notes
- Ranked tenth in the world in area.
- largest country in Arab World and Africa.
4Cities 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.
5Major 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.
6Sudan 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.
7Sudan 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
8Traditional Arts and craftsMany crafts are
available in Sudan's souks (markets). Strings of
heavy beads often include antique trading beads
made from colored glass.
9Crafts
10Customs
- 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
11Eating
- 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.
12Sudan 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 .
13Red 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.
14Wild 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.
15Sudan Music
- Sudan has a variety of music.
- Traditional and modern at its different regions
- Click here to Listen to Sudanese Music
16Popular 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
17Credits
- This work is designed by AnwarKing January 2005,
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