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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2015
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2014
Dataset updated: 17th March 2015
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Sudanese Pound
Currency Symbol: SDG
Location: north-eastern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Geographic Coordinates: 15 00 N, 30 00 E
Map References: Africa
Area: total: 1,861,484 sq km ; land: NA ; water: NA
Area - Comparative: slightly less than one-fifth the size of the US
Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; desert dominates the north
Elevation Extremes(M): lowest point: Red Sea 0 m ; highest point: Jabal Marrah 3,071 m
Land Boundaries(Km): total: 6,819 km ; border countries: Central African Republic 174 km, Chad 1,403 km, Egypt 1,276 km, Eritrea 682 km, Ethiopia 744 km, Libya 382 km, South Sudan 2,158 km ; note: Sudan-South Sudan boundary represents 1 January 1956 alignment; final alignment pending negotiations and demarcation; final sovereignty status of Abyei region pending negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan
Coastline: 386 km
Maritime Claims: territorial sea: 12 nm ; contiguous zone: 18 nm ; continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Geography - Note: dominated by the Nile and its tributaries