Overview

Sudan covers 1,886,000 km², with 5.2% water coverage. Its 52 million people belong to 5 major ethnic groups practicing Islam, Christianity, and traditional African religions, across beaches, desert, steppe, thorny scrub savanna, Sudanese savanna, tropical forest, marshland, dense forest, and wooded savanna, with 4 rivers, 5 international airports, 5 ports, a railway, and a passable road network, plus 2 hydroelectric plants. 60 cities range from 100,000 to 951,000, and one exceeds 6,810,000.