Sudán

Official Name:

Republic of the Sudan (Sudan)

Area:

2.505.810 km ²

Population (2007):

39.379.358 inhabitants

Coastline:

853 km

Capital:

Khartoum

Maritime Ports and terminals:

Port Sudan

Maritime claims:

• Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Contiguous zone: 18 nm
• Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Political divisions:

25 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); A'ali an Nil (Upper Nile), Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrat (Lakes), Al Jazirah (El Gezira), Al Khartum (Khartoum), Al Qadarif (Gedaref), Al Wahdah (Unity), An Nil al Abyad (White Nile), An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile), Ash Shamaliyah (Northern), Bahr al Jabal (Bahr al Jabal), Gharb al Istiwa'iyah (Western Equatoria), Gharb Bahr al Ghazal (Western Bahr al Ghazal), Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur), Janub Darfur (Southern Darfur), Janub Kurdufan (Southern Kordofan), Junqali (Jonglei), Kassala (Kassala), Nahr an Nil (Nile), Shamal Bahr al Ghazal (Northern Bahr al Ghazal), Shamal Darfur (Northern Darfur), Shamal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan), Sharq al Istiwa'iyah (Eastern Equatoria), Sinnar (Sinnar), Warab (Warab)

Language(s):

Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English Note: program of "Arabization" in process

National holiday:

Independence Day, 1 January (1956)

Nationality:

Sudanese (singular and plural)

Official time:

UTC 3.

Member of:

ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)

Internet country code:

.sd

Economic Profile

Currency:

Sudanese dinar (SDD)

GDP - per capita (PPP):

USD2.400 (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):

(2006 est.) USD 25.500.000.000

PIB (Real growth rate:

9,6% (2006 est.)

GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)

• Agriculture: 35,5%
• Industry: 24,8%
• Services: 39,7%

Labor force:

7.415.000 (1996 est.)

Labor force - by occupation (1998):

• Agriculture 80%
• Industry: 7%
• Services 13%

Unemployment rate:

18,7%(2002 est.)

Inflation rate (Consumer prices):

9% (2006 est)

Investment (Gross Fixed):

25,3% del PIB (2006 est.)

Budget:

• Revenues: USD7.943.000.000
• Expenditures: USD10.100.000.000

Public debt:

59,6% of GDP (2006 est.)

Current account balance:

USD -4.510.000.000 (2006 est.)

Exports:

USD 7.505.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Exports - Commodities:

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

Exports - Partners:

China 71,1%, Japan 12%, Saudi Arabia 2,8% (2005)

Imports:

USD 8.693.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)

Imports - Commodities:

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

Imports - partners:

China 20,7%, Saudi Arabia 9,4%, UAE 5,9%, Egypt 5,5%, Japan 5,1%, India 4,8% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

USD 3.552.000.000 (2006 est.)

Debt - external:

USD 29.690.000.000 (2006)