SUDAN SUDAN REGION AFRICA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE JANUARY 1 1956 DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION JUNE 30 1998 POPULATION 34475690 1999 EST AREA 966757 SQ MI CAPITAL KHARTOUM FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN TRANSITION MAIN INDUSTRIES COTTON TINNING TEXTILES CEMENT SUGAR REFINING AGRICULTURE GUM ARABIC SORGHUM COTTON WHEAT SUGAR CANE NATURAL RESOURCES OIL IRON ORE COPPER CHROMIUM CURRENCY POUND GDP 31.2 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 930 1998 EST LANGUAGES ARABIC OFFICIAL NUBIAN TA BEDAWIE NILOTIC NILO HAMATIC ENGLISH RELIGIONS SUNNI ISLAM INDIGENOUS BELIEFS CHRISTIANITY LITERACY RATE 46 LIFE EXPECTANCY 55 YEARS MALE 57 YEARS(FEMALE BIRTHRATE 39 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 11 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
