Sudan

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country in Africa sovereign state

Sudan is a large Northeast African country along the Nile River, known for its diverse cultures, ancient Nubian history, and a modern history marked by civil conflict and the secession of South Sudan.

Aliases (4)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	country in Africa → sovereign state →
capital	Khartoum →
climate	arid → semi-arid →
containsSite	Meroë → Nubian pyramids →
continent	Africa →
currency	Sudanese pound →
dateOfEvent_secession of South Sudan	2011-07-09 →
demonym	Sudanese →
ethnicGroupMajor	Arabs → Beja → Fur → Nubians →
experiencedEvent	Darfur conflict → First Sudanese Civil War → Second Sudanese Civil War → secession of South Sudan →
formerColonyOf	Egypt → United Kingdom →
governmentType	de facto military-led government →
hasBorderWith	Central African Republic → Chad → Egypt → Eritrea → Ethiopia → Libya → South Sudan →
hasCoastOn	Red Sea →
historicalRegion	Nubia →
independenceDate	1956-01-01 →
independenceFrom	Egypt → United Kingdom →
largestCity	Khartoum →
locatedIn	Northeast Africa →
majorRiver	Nile →
officialLanguage	Arabic → English →
partOf	African Union → Arab League → Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → United Nations →
religionMajority	Islam →
religionMinority	Christianity → traditional African religions →
traversedBy	Blue Nile → Nile River → White Nile →
UNMemberStateSince	1956 →

Referenced by (212)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → Atbara River → Beja → Beja people → Blue Nile → Central Bank of Sudan → Central Sahara → Darfur conflict → Dongolawi → First Sudanese Civil War → Fur language → International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia → Khartoum → Khartoum International Airport → Khartoum North → Khartoum State → Lake Nasser → Mahdist Sudan → Nile Valley → Nubian Desert → Nubian pyramids → Nubians → Omdurman → Port Sudan → Presidential Palace Khartoum → Second Sudanese Civil War → Sudan National Museum → Sudanese → Sudanese parliament → Sudanese pound → Supreme Court of Sudan → University of Khartoum → Wad Madani → White Nile →	country
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → Central Banda languages → Central Sudanic languages → Dinka language → Dongolawi → Dongolawi ("northern Sudan") → Eastern Sudanic languages → Fula language → Fur language → Gumuz languages → Hausa → Maban languages → Niger–Congo languages → Nilo-Saharan languages → Nilo-Saharan phylum → Nilo-Saharian → Nobiin → Sudanese Arabic → Taman languages → Tigre → Tigrinya →	spokenIn
Arab Labor Organization → Arab League → Arab Monetary Fund → Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → Economic and Social Council of the Arab League → Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Intergovernmental Authority on Development → Islamic Development Bank →	hasMember
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti → Central African Republic → Chad → Chadians → Egypt → Eritrea → Libya → South Sudan →	borderCountry
AEF → Ethiopia → French Equatorial Africa → French Ubangi-Shari → Gondar region → Nubia → Red Sea → Ubangi-Shari →	borderedBy
Khartoum → Nubia ("northern Sudan") → Nubian pyramids → Sahara Desert → Sahel → Siege of Khartoum → Supreme Court of Sudan →	locatedIn
Atbara River → Blue Nile → Lake Nasser → White Nile →	basinCountry
Aswan Governorate → Gash-Barka → Northern Red Sea Region → Red Sea Governorate →	bordersCountry
East African campaign → Fashoda Incident → Mahdist War → Operation Moses →	location
East Africa → Greater Middle East → Middle East and North Africa →	includesCountry
Kingdom of Meroë → Lower Nubia → Mahdist Sudan →	locatedInPresentDay
CEN-SAD → ECCAS → IGAD →	memberState
Fus’ha → Salam → bin Abdullah →	usedInCountry
Blue Nile → White Nile →	confluenceCountry
Atbara River → White Nile →	flowsThrough
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia →	hasMemberState
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → al-Qaeda →	headquartersLocation
Central Bank of Sudan → Supreme Court of Sudan →	jurisdiction
Central Africa Time → Central Africa Time ("South Sudan") →	observedInCountry
Khartoum State → Wad Madani →	partOf
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean →	servesCountry
The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir → The Looming Tower →	setting
Chadian Arabic → Chadic languages →	spokenInCountry
Sudanese →	adjectiveFormOf
Hausa people →	alsoFoundInCountry
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
British occupation of Egypt →	appliesToTerritory
The Satanic Verses →	bannedIn
International Campaign to Save the Monuments of Nubia →	beneficiary
Tigray Region →	borders
Khartoum State ("Republic of Sudan") →	capitalOf
Yemen conflict (Saudi-led coalition) ("Sudan (early phase)") →	coalitionMember
British Empire →	coloniser
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Tekeze River →	countryBasin
Muhammad Ali Pasha →	countryGoverned
Northeast Africa →	countryIncludes
Allied reconquest of British Somaliland →	countryInvolved
Coptic Christmas →	countryObservedIn
Council of Arab Ministers of Information →	countryOfMembership
ECA Subregional Office for North Africa →	countryServed
Chadians →	diasporaPresence
Atbara River →	drainageBasin
Beja →	ethnicGroupOf
Africa Cup of Nations →	firstEditionHostCountry
Blue Nile →	flowsInto
Nile →	flowsThroughCountry
Blue Nile →	formsBorderBetween
CAF →	foundingMembers
Maliki →	geographicalDistribution
Qadiri →	geographicDistribution
Nile →	hasBasinCountry
Arab world →	hasCountry
Sudanese parliament →	hasJurisdiction
OPEC+ →	hasKeyMember
Operation Joshua →	hasLocation
North Africa →	hasPart
Lake Nasser →	hasShorelineCountry
Hausa-Fulani →	hasSignificantPopulationIn
World Health Organization Member States →	includes
South Sudan →	independenceFrom
Khartoum →	isCapitalOf
Hussein →	isCommonInCountry
Khartoum →	isCulturalCenterOf
Khartoum →	isEconomicCenterOf
Khartoum →	isLargestCityOf
Nile →	isLifelineFor
Khartoum International Airport →	isLocatedIn
Khartoum →	isPoliticalCenterOf
Khartoum →	isSeatOfGovernmentOf
General of the Army →	isUsedByCountry
northern white rhinoceros →	lastWildPopulationCountry
Sudanese pound →	legalTenderIn
Green Square →	locatedInCountry
Aswan →	locatedNorthOf
Second Congo War →	mainBelligerent
Maliki school →	mainRegion
Nile Basin Initiative →	member
Ismail Pasha →	monarchOf
Atbara River →	mouthCountry
Tekeze River →	mouthLocation
Arab Spring →	notableCountry
Sudanese pound →	officialCurrencyOf
Arabic →	officialLanguageOf
Modern Standard Arabic →	officialStatusIn
Osama bin Laden →	operatedIn
Ethiopian Civil War →	opposedBy
Lake Chad Basin →	partlyIn
Blue Nile →	passesThrough
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Sudanese Arabic →	primaryCountry
Nubians ("northern Sudan") →	primaryRegion
Phacochoerus africanus →	rangeCountry
Beja →	recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleIn
Nobiin ("northern Sudan") →	region
Muhammad Ali Pasha →	regionOfActivity
University of Khartoum →	regionServed
Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan →	responsibleFor
Khartoum International Airport →	servesAsGatewayFor
Copts →	significantPopulationIn
Shadhiliyya →	spreadTo
Chadian–Libyan conflict →	supportedBy
Sudan Defence Force →	theatreOfOperations
Central European Summer Time →	usedIn