Presentation on Sudan at the International Coffee Hour Program at the California State University.

1. Republic of the Sudan Beyond the News! Presentation by : Dhruv Doshi

2. Capital of Sudan is Khartoum Moto: Victory is ours

4. Sudan is the largest country of Africa and located in northeast Africa.

5. Tenth largest country in the world by area.

6. An area of 2,505,808 kilometer square.

7. World’s largest river which is the river Nile, passes through Sudan.

8. Population of 42,272,000,

10. River Nile at the Night

11. HISTORY The Nubian Pyramids in Sudan.

14. History The Nubian King of Sudan. Sudan was known as “Kush” by the Egyptians. That was 60,000 years ago. In the 8th century it was ruled by the Egyptians.

15. HISTORY.. Later on the capital was named Khartoum which is the current capital of Sudan.

16. Independence!

19. Independence! The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), based in southern Sudan, was formed in May 1983. Finally, in June 1983, the Sudanese government under President Gaafar Nimeiry abrogated the Addis Ababa Peace Agreement (A.A.A.). -John Garang?

20. North East Darfur South

21. Currency Sudanese Pounds (SDG) 1 US Dollar= 2.1 Sudanese pounds One Pound

24. Music-Sudan has a rich and unique musical culture. Most of the Music lyrics are Arabic poems. -Sports- One of the Famous sports they play is Basketball. And many of the players from Sudan have played in the American National Basketball Association.

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26. CULTURE! Soccer! They call it Football. Which actually makes sense!  Khartoum State League is considered to be the oldest soccer league in the whole of Africa. Nile Club

27. Culture! -Clothing- The clothing differs in every part of Sudan but there are two common clothing of Sudan called the jalabiya (Men) and Tuab ( Women).

30. Culture! Recently a new school has been built called the Khartoum international Community school but knows as KICS. It focus on IGCSE as well as International Baccalaureate (IB)

31. University Of Khartoum (U of K) Established in 1956 when Sudan Gained Independence

32. 16,800 Undergraduate Students and 600 Post Graduate Students

33. Festivals of Sudan

34. Ramadan!

38. Hilal Saudi Arabia

41. Cuisine Kissra- Kind of Bread Aseeda- Porridge

45. Transportation -Railroads- Sudan has 4,725 kilometers of narrow-gauge, single-track railroads that serve the northern and central portions of the country.

46. TRANSPORTATION -Highways- - Sudan's road system totaled between 20,000 and 25,000 kilometers. That total includes both Paved and Unpaved Roads.

48. Sudan has over 88 Airports out of which 14 have paved runway and 73 have unpaved runways.

50. Darfur conflict Darfur

52. The rebels accused the government for neglecting Darfur economically.

66. Cheap Flights To SudanInfo Flight: Emirates Airlines Cost: About $2000 Duration: Flight from San Francisco to Dubai (Nonstop): 16Hrs 5 Hours transit at Dubai Airport. From Dubai to Khartoum (Non stop): 3.5Hrs. Total Duration: About 24.5Hrs.

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