1. S U DA N
By Adam
Ayoub

2. INTERESTING FACTS...
Sudan is the largest country in Africa and the 9th
largest country on Earth
Some settlements are up to 5000 years old
Sudanese people are often late because they are so
relaxed about time
Showing someone the bottom of your foot or your
pointer finger is considered disrespectful

3. LOCATION/POPULATION
Sudan is located in Northern Africa close to the
Red Sea.
Sudan is bordered Egypt, Libya, Chad, Uganda,
Ethiopia, Kenya and others
Population is about 37,000,000

4. GOVERNMENT
Sudan became independent on January 1, 1956
The people in Sudan are often at war
Omar al-Bahir is the president of Sudan who is a
democratic republican
The government and politics in Sudan is very hard to
understand because there is so much history of
violence

5. FOOD AND WATER
• Most people eat meat such as lamb, beef, fish and chicken
• They like to drink tea and their morning milk tea is very important
• There is not very much clean drinking water in Sudan

6. Standard of Living
The standard of living in Sudan is
low
The average person make $780 US
dollars per year but things are much
better in the capital city Khartoum
The life expectancy for men is 50.49
years and women are expected to life
52.4 years

7. Education
• Education in Sudan is free and all children have to go
• Primary education (elementary) is eight year then secondary
education (middle) is three years
• The main language in schools is Arabic
• Most schools are in cities
• In 2002, 60% of people 15 years and older could read and
write

8. Culture
• There are up to 400 languages spoken by many
different tribe but Arabic is the most common
• There are two major religions: Islam and Christianity
• Most people wear jalabiya which is a loose fitting
dress, a large scarf worn by women and thobe which
is a long shirt worn by men
• Ramadam is celebrated, which is a month the people
can’t eat, drink, or do too much of anything from
sunrise to sunset
• This is done to show praise to God

9. Thanks for
watching
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