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Topic: Demographics of Sudan


  
  Sudan - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Republic of the Sudan, or Republic of Sudan (in recent years the definite article has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country in Africa, situated in the northeast part of the continent.
Elections were held in April 1965 but Sudan had a series of governments that proved unable either to agree on a permanent constitution or to cope with problems of factionalism, economic stagnation, and ethnic dissidence.
Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /sudan.htm   (1789 words)

  
 Sudan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest.
It was the introduction of Sharia law and the dissolution of the 3 federal states in the South that led to the reinvigoration of the civil war.
Largest Christian denominations are the Roman Catholic Church, the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Presbyterian Church in the Sudan and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sudan   (2604 words)

  
 SUDAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Republic of the Sudan is the largest country in Africa, situated in the northeast part of the continent.
Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, but it still faces formidable economic problems, starting from its low level of per capita output.
In 1999, Sudan began exporting crude oil and in the last quarter of 1999 recorded its first trade surplus, which, along with monetary policy, has stabilized the exchange rate.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/su/Sudan.htm   (878 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The deadline for men from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria was Dec. 16, the first in a series of deadlines to end in 2004 w...
US special forces are be lieved to be in the Sudan working with opposition groups from Somalia, gathering information about p...
The Sudan is also a geographic region, part of which lies in the country of Sudan.
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/read.php?offset=15&id=411&sortby=   (539 words)

  
 Sudan - Gurupedia
Situated in northeast Africa, Sudan is the largest country on the continent.
Religious leader Muhammad ibn Abdalla, the self-proclaimed Mahdi (Messiah), attempted to unify the tribes of western and central Sudan against the British Empire.
Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the
www.gurupedia.com /s/su/sudan.htm   (636 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Demographics of Sudan
Map of Sudan with Khartoum Khartoum (الخرطوم; al-Ḫarṭūm elephant trunk) is the capital of Sudan, as well as the capital of the state of Khartoum.
Tailor in Labuje IDP camp in Uganda An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who has been forced to leave their home for reasons such as natural or man-made disasters, including religious or political persecution or war, but has not crossed an international border.
The Dinka is one of the tribes of south Sudan, inhabiting the swamplands of the Bahr el Ghazal region of the Nile basin, Jonglei and parts southern Kordufan and Upper Nile regions.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Demographics-of-Sudan   (798 words)

  
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Moreover, a girl born in southern Sudan is far more likely to die in pregnancy or childbirth than she is to complete primary school: one in nine women die in pregnancy or childbirth while only one in 100 girls finishes primary school.
These and many other key statistics on demographics, literacy, child and maternal mortality, health, nutrition, water and sanitation are documented for the first time in the report, which also reviews surveys conducted during recent years and compares them with figures from neighbouring countries and the rest of Sudan.
As the government of Sudan and the SPLM drew closer to signing a comprehensive peace agreement, UNICEF said it had urged donors, NGOs, southern Sudanese and the de facto governing authorities in southern Sudan to make children's survival and development their top priority.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=41724&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=SUDAN   (643 words)

  
 grim amusements / September 29, 2005 / sudan, september 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Twenty-nine people were reported killed in an unprecedented attack on a refugee camp in the northwest of the Sudan region of Darfur, the United Nations said on Thursday.
A statement as dense as that makes you wonder if the UN has perhaps not noticed that Sudan is serenely disinterested in providing security to most of its citizens at all -- at least, not the ones living outside Khartoum...
Sidenote the third: For a somewhat mindblowing comparison, look at the difference between Sudan's population and demographics and those of the United States in the CIA World Factbook.
after-words.org /grim/weblog/2005/09/29/sudan_september_2005.shtml   (827 words)

  
 FRONTLINE/WORLD . Sudan - The Quick and the Terrible . Links and Resources | PBS
Sudan, the largest country in Africa, boasts large stretches of fertile land and large reserves of gold and oil.
Sudan is bordered by nine countries, 40 percent of its population is illiterate, political parties must be approved by its ruling government and more than 40 percent of its exports -- mostly oil and petroleum products -- go to China.
Sudan completed the construction of a major oil pipeline in 1999, and its estimated oil reserves have doubled since 2001.
www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/stories/sudan/links.html   (2051 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Map Filter »
Sudan: Ongoing USG humanitarian activities (as of 13 Jan 2006) (PDF, 1,176k)
Sudan: IDP population as of January 2005 (PDF, 452k)
Sudan: Adult migratory swarms of desert locust observed in West Darfur (7 Aug 2005) (PDF, 255k)
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/doc404?OpenForm&rc=1&cc=sdn   (499 words)

  
 Why War? Keywords: Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
After the attacks last year, most visa holders from Iran, Iraq, Sudan and Libya were fingerprinted as they entered the United States.
...required most male noncitizens over 16 who were born in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan and Libya to be fingerprinted, photographed and questioned by December 16....
...he United Nations' impotence in handling issues concerning Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Iran, North Korea and the Middle East, US hegemonism and unilateralism be...
www.why-war.com /encyclopedia/read.php?offset=75&id=411&sortby=   (553 words)

  
 TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
Sudan has turned around a struggling economy with sound economic policies and infrastructure investments, but it still faces formidable economic problems.
Sudan is also constrained by its limited access to international credit; most of Sudan's $24.9 billion debt remains in arrears.
Although Sudan is predicted to turn in some reasonable GDP percentage growth rates for 2003-2004, the economy is so disabled that even a 20 percent growth rate would not add that much in real terms to the bottom line of the economy.
www.tradeport.org /countries/sudan/01grw.html   (631 words)

  
 Poynter Online - Sudan: The Untold Story
The 20-year civil war between factions in Sudan's north and south may finally be ending, after having taken two million lives — a large story in itself.
Whether or not genocide is happening in Sudan is "an interesting academic question," said Jerry Fowler, director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum's Committee on Conscience.
One of Mark Lacey's longer New York Times stories about Sudan, for example, focused on the country's rare gum arabic trees, which produce "an essential ingredient in everything from soft drinks to beauty products and pharmaceuticals," and many of which are dying amidst the violence.
www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=67652   (1463 words)

  
 Slavery in Modern Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
To understand the present civil war in the Sudan, a history of the troubled region is needed.
These efforts are a first step in resolving the issue of slavery, which is essentially a by-product of the civil war in that country.
The northern part of Sudan is Arab dominated and mostly Islamic.
www.uh.edu /hti/cu/2001/v05/04.htm   (5736 words)

  
 Sudan, Texas TX, city profile (Lamb County) - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
Sudan, TX Sudan is a city in Lamb County.
At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Sudan was $17,727, compared with $21,587 nationally.
Median rent in Sudan, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $260.
www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=279755   (449 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Sudan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sudan was embroiled in two prolonged civil wars during most of the remainder of the 20th century.
A separate conflict that broke out in the western region of Darfur in 2003 has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and nearly 2 million displaced; as of late 2005, peacekeeping troops were struggling to stabilize the situation.
Sudan also has faced large refugee influxes from neighboring countries, primarily Ethiopia and Chad, and armed conflict, poor transport infrastructure, and lack of government support have chronically obstructed the provision of humanitarian assistance to affected populations.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/su.html   (1410 words)

  
 Sudan High School in Sudan, Texas/TX - School Tree
Sudan High School is classified as a "High School".
Sudan High School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
Sudan High School IS NOT a Charter school.
texas.schooltree.org /public/Sudan-High-087608.html   (160 words)

  
 Sudan Texas Resource Guide, City or community of Sudan, Texas Facts, Information, Relocation, Real Estate, Advertising
The ranking of Sudan with regards to land area is http://www.usacitiesonline.com/rentalhouses.jpg out of approximately 24,000 cities.
The distance from Sudan to Washington DC is 1525 miles.
Sudan is positioned 34.06 degrees north of the equator and 102.52 degrees west of the prime meridian.
www.usacitiesonline.com /txcountysudan.htm   (217 words)

  
 SP: Projects
As the world’s attention was turned to crises in the Middle East, a slaughter has raged for 17 months in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Arab gunmen on horses and camels, backed by bombers and helicopter gunships, have razed hundreds of fl African villages, killed tens of thousands and driven more than 1 million from their homes.
Now, with many more likely to die of hunger and disease in camps in Sudan and neighboring Chad, international pressure is mounting on President Omar el-Bashir’s government to end the carnage.
www.samaritanspurse.org /Country_Article_NLA.asp?ArticleID=83   (403 words)

  
 Arab American Demographics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
At least 3.5 million* (about this number) Americans are of Arab descent.
Every ten years, the Census takes the demographic pulse of the population, collecting information ranging from family size and citizenship to education, income, and occupation.
A question on “ancestry” or ethnic origin gives us a snapshot of that segment of the country, which identifies with an Arabic-speaking origin.
www.aaiusa.org /demographics.htm   (874 words)

  
 Sudan Elementary School in Sudan, Texas/TX - School Tree
Sudan Elementary School is classified as a "Primary School".
Sudan Elementary School was operational at the time of the last report and is currently operational.
Sudan Elementary School IS NOT a Magnet school.
texas.schooltree.org /public/Sudan-Elementary-087607.html   (132 words)

  
 Sudan
To date, as many as 50,000 to 100,000 civilians have been killed in Darfur in western Sudan and more that a million people have been driven from their homes.
When called upon we may fly out to Southern Sudan and will try to tackle some of the immediate and long term problems.
If you want to donate financially towards some of the humanitarian programs you can donate to us noting that it is for Sudan and we will distribute it to rebuilding groups on the ground.
www.architectureforhumanity.org /programs/Sudan   (478 words)

  
 Research and Markets - Market Research Reports - Computers in Sudan - 2003 Import and Export Market - Printer Friendly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The total level of imports and exports on a worldwide basis, and those for Sudan in particular, is estimated using a model which aggregates across over 150 key country markets and projects these to the current year.
For each major country exporting to Sudan, one can thus observe how important Sudan is to that exporting country compared to other countries of the world.
In doing so, one can discover the share that Sudan has in each major market; this share value is often used as a measure of competitiveness for Sudan.
www.researchandmarkets.com /reports/110833/110833.htm   (892 words)

  
 Sudan bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
For the geographic region called The Sudan, partly contained within the country, see Sudan (region).
\nMain article: Geography of Sudan Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
This is a selective list of buildings that are highly significant in their respective fictional works, and not merely a setting.
www.elexi.de /en/s/su/sudan.html   (921 words)

  
 Demographics...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The reason--he is a trained, and experienced special investigator for the United Nations and was not in the Sudan for a dinner date.
Finding the slave trade in the Sudan, the largest country in Africa, presents a different set of problems.
The enslavement of southerners is an important part of the north's repression, according to [Sudan expert Robert] Collins.
members.aol.com /casmasalc/demographics.html   (1540 words)

  
 SP: Newsletter
Now that there is peace, they are eager to rebuild their village churches as centers of worship, service, and evangelism--and as a symbol of hope.
We can encourage and support our brothers and sisters in Sudan by helping construct church buildings and replace martyred pastors.
Pray for peace and freedom to prevail as God strengthens the church in Sudan and establishes His Word in Afghanistan.
www.samaritanspurse.com /Newsletter_Article.asp?ArticleID=98   (694 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Bakt
Makuria (to Arabs al-Mukurra or al-Muqurra) was a kingdom located in what is today Southern Egypt and the Sudan.
Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom.
Old Dongola is a town in Sudan, on the east bank of the Nile opposite the Wadi Milk.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bakt   (1184 words)

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