Capital: Khartoum
5,185,000 (2014)
Population: 39,578,828 (2016)
Area: 1,886,068 km2
History: Formation:
Nubian kingdoms: 3500 BC.
Sennar dynasty: 1504.
unified with Egypt: 1820.
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan: 1899.
Independence from the UK & Egypt: 1. January 1956.
Current constitution: 9. January 2005.
Secession of South Sudan: 9. July 2011.
