| Map
showing the location of Sudan: |
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| Capital: |
Khartoum |
| Population: |
37.8 million (2006) |
| Size: |
2,506,000
square km - the largest country in Africa |
| Languages: |
Arabic
(official) and 400 other ethnic group languages |
| Currency: |
1
Sudanese New Pound = 100 piastres |
| Average
life expectancy: |
Overall, 56.5 years. Male
55.1 years, Female 58 years (2006) |
| Number
of doctors: |
22
physicians per 100,000 people (2006) |
| Literacy: |
Overall, 60.9% (2006). Male
69.2%, Female 49.95% (2005) |
| Population
with access to safe water: |
70% total
population with access to improved drinking water sources
(2006) |
| Number
of internet users: |
77 per 1000
people (2006) |
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| Statistical
sources: UN Dept of Economic and Social Affairs 2006; UNDP Human Development Index 2005 and 2006;
UNICEF The State of the World's Children 2006; International Telecommunication Union |
