SUDAN

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SUDAN
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PHYSICAL SUDAN

• LOCATION Located in Northern Africa, with the
  Red Sea to the north, and also bordering nine
  other countries.
• AREA2,505,810 sq km
• TERRAIN Generally flat, featureless plain
  mountains in far south, northeast and west
  desert dominates the north.
• CLIMATE Tropical Climates located in the south,
  and desert conditions in the north.
• GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION 15 00N, 30 00E
• SIZE COMPARISON Slightly larger than a ¼ of the
  United States of America.
• Largest country in Africa.
• (CIA WORLD FACT BOOK)

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POPULATION

• Population estimated to be 39,148,162.
• POPULATION GROWTH RATE 2.64
• BIRTH RATE 35.79 births/1,000 pop.
• DEATH RATE 9.37 deaths/1,000 pop.
• SEX RATION 1.02 males/female
• INFANT MORTALITY RATE 64.05 deaths/1,000 pop.
• LIFE EXPECTANCY 58.13 years
• (CIA WORLD FACT BOOK)

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LAND

• Arable Land 6.83
• Permanent crops 0.18
• other 92.99
• Irrigated Land19,500 sq km
• Natural Resources petroleum, iron ore, copper,
  chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold,
  hydropower.
• ( CIA WORLD FACT BOOK)

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Soil Erosion and Desertification

• Problems
• Shifting Cultivation
• Uncontrolled Grazing
• Irrational use of heavy equipment
• Fires

• Consequences
• Deforestation
• Soil Desiccation
• Lowering of soil fertility and water table
• Dune Invasion

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PEOPLE

• Nationality Sudanese
• Ethnic Groups black 52, Arab 39, Beja 6,
  foreigners 2, other 1
• Languages Official language of Sudan is Arabic,
  however many others are still spoken, such as,
  Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic,
  Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, and English.

• Literacy total population 61.1
  male 71.8
  female 50.5
• Only people over 15 considered
• ( CIA WORLD FACT BOOK)

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Religion

• Sunni Muslim 70
• Northern Regions
• Indigenous Beliefs 25
• Christianity 5
• Southern Regions

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Agriculture

• 80 of Labor Force

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Crops

• Cotton (23 total exports)
• Peanuts
• Sorghum (pictured)
• Millet
• Wheat

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Livestock

• Cattle 20 million
• Sheep 19 million
• Goats 14 million
• Camels 3 million

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Inadequate H20

• Migration of People and Livestock
• Drought
• Civil War
• Lack of facilities, , personnel, etc.

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Government

• President Umar Hasan Ahmed Al-Bashir
• Secretary General Galal Mohamed Ahmed
• Structure Unicaramel
• Authoritarian regime
• Independence on 1 January 1956 from Egypt and the
  UK.
• Constitution 12 April 1973

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Govt (cont.)

• Legal System National Assembly
• Executive Branch - President
• Judicial Branch Supreme Court
• Legislative Branch Unicameral National Assembly
• Political Parties NCP, PNC, and other minor
  parties

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EconomyThe Sudanese Dollar

• GDP Real Growth Rate 6.4
• GDP
• Ag 38.7
• Industry 20.3
• Services 41
• Population below poverty line 40
• Unemployment Rate 18.7

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Econ (cont.)

• Labor Force 11 million
• By Occupation
• Ag 80
• Industry and Commerce 7
• Government 13

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Money Maker

• Oil Production 345,000 bbl/day
• Oil Consumption 70,000 bbl/day
• Export 275,000 bbl/day

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Import/Export

• Imports
• Foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and
  transport equipment, medicines and chemicals,
  textiles, and wheat

• Exports
• Oil and petroleum products, cotton, sesame,
  livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, and sugar

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Extensive Hunting
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Drought