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ID: 1000201
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Record Type: administrative |
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Sudan (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 15 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 15.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area had settlements 30,000 BCE; shares history with the Sudan general region. conquered by Egypt 1820; ravaged by slave trade 19th century; joint British/Egyptian rule early 20th century; South Sudan separated from Sudan in 2011. The official language is Arabic, though Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, and Sudanic languages are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| As Sūdān (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| As-Sūdān (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Jumhūrīyat as Sūdān (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Sudan (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Republic of the Sudan (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Sudan, The (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Soudan (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République du Soudan (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Soedan (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Sudán (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República del Sudán (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Sudão (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| SDN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| SD (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO729 (C,V)
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| ISO736 (H,O,ISO3N)
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| SU00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān ad-Dīmugratīyah (H,V)
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| Jum hūrīyat as-Sūdān ad-Dīmuqratīyah (H,V)
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| Democratic Republic of the Sudan (H,O)
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| Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (H,V)
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| Sudanese (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence in 1956 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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of Egypt, intermittent from 1820; of Britain, 1895-1956 |
| condominium (H) |
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of Egypt/Britain, 1899-1924, 1936 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1956 |
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