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Sudan Facts

Sudan Facts. Return Homepage. Tourist Information.

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Sudan Facts

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  1. Sudan Facts Return Homepage

  2. Tourist Information • Visa are required by everyone visiting the country and are valid for only one month. There is a curfew from 12am till 4 am. Also since war there has been a shortage in doctors and medication. you should also have current recommended vaccinations.

  3. Communication Services • Telephone • Telegraph • Postal (all of these are available through the government)

  4. National Holidays • Independence Day is January 1st , commemorating the birth of the Sudanese Republic in 1956. • Salvation Day is June 30, Commemorating the Salvation Government takeover of government from civilian rule • 25th December: Christmas Day

  5. Sudan Food and Customs • Sudanese fry there coffee beans over a pot, then mix with cloves and special spices and mix together. Then it is ready to be served. Truly one of a kind drink. • The are also known for there Kisra which is an omelet like pancake and is usually served with their dinner. • They primarily eat chicken and lamb. But if you are a special guest a sheep will be killed for you to have at dinner. • Customs • Once in the home guest are offered Abre or Tabrihana which is a fruit tea. • Dinner is served on a very low table and you take your seat on a nice fluffy pillow. • Then it is a custom to have water poured on your hands to wash them. The water is poured from a ritual piece called a Ebrig. • After this you usually have a four course meal (Soup, Salad, Entrée, Dessert). • Meals • Shorba- lamb • Salata Ma Jibna- salad • Shorbet ADS- Lentil soup • Tamayya- Green Hamburgers

  6. History Of Sudan • Sudan has been a place that people have called home for the last nine million years, it was around in biblical times. Sudan owes a lot to napoleon who won it in 1797 at the battle of the pyramids. Muhammad Mi was the ruler for many years and, Sudan's name means “land of blacks”. Muhammad mi took charge up until around 1898 . When Sudan found itself embedded in a group of civil wars.Kitchner eventually won the battles after countless casualties and entered the capital city Omdurmanas the new leader of the Sudan. The country then flourished both economically and physically after Britain and Egypt signed and agreement, basically saying that Sudan was to be a shared territory. Everything was going well as they approached WWI. Then in the early 1950’s two different political parties emerged. One was The Nationalist Union Party, and the other was The Umma Party. Soon after these party lines where established Sudan achieved its independence On January 1, 1956. Until the early 1970’s Sudan went back and fourth from political powers. Also sincethis time period Sudan could been considered as an unstable county, It has gone thru. Political problems, the enforcement of Islamic Law. Now in present day they are still dealing with many old problems as well as new ones. Like the genocide going on in Dufar.

  7. FYI’S • Sudan's Motto is Victory is ours -Al-Nasr Lana/ • Capital City is Khartoum • Language is Arabic • President is Omar al Bashir • Currency is Sudanese Dinar (SDD) • Anthem- “We are an army of god and our land”

  8. Population • Current population of Sudan is 41,236,378. • Pop. Birth rate is 2.55%. • Birth rate is 35 per 1000. • Death rate is 9 per 1000

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