Sudan

• Sudan is in northeastem Africa.

Khartoum• The capital of the country.

The climate of the country.

• Tropics , from aridi in the north to tropical wetland – dry in the far southwest. temperatures do not vary greatly with the season at any location , They are warm.

History

• 1899- 1955 – Sudan ruled by the Anglo-Egyptian condominium.

• 1955- is when the Sudenese civil war began.

• 1983- second civil war begins.

• 1978- oil was discovered.

• 1999- oil began to be exported.

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Petroleum is the biggest natural resource. There are small reserves of iron ore, chromium ore, zinc, mica, silver and gold.

Civil war

• This conflict is likely to continue to affect Sundan’s people for the rest of the of the twentieth century.

• century is it has caused anendless cycle of weak and ineffective military and civillan gove ments.

RELIGION

• Customs

• The Eid al- Fitr, or Breaking of the Ramadan Fast, is a joyous occasion and involves a larger Family meal.

LIFE STYLE

• The odds of dying in Sudan are higher than completing elementary schools.

• They are short on food and water.

• Arabic is the official language but there are more than 100 tribal language.

• Many men leave their families each year to work as labourers in cities, or work commerical farms , or overseas.

DIFFERENT OR ALIKE.