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  1. Date of Independence: January 1, 1956
  2. Date of Current Constitution: June 30, 1998
  3. Population: 34,475,690 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 966,757 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Khartoum
  6. Form of Government: in transition
  7. Main Industries: cotton tinning, textiles, cement, sugar refining
  8. Agriculture: gum arabic, sorghum, cotton, wheat, sugar cane
  9. Natural Resources: oil, iron ore, copper, chromium 
  10. Currency: pound
  11. GDP: $31.2 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per capita: $930 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamatic, English
  14. Religions: Sunni Islam, indigenous beliefs, Christianity
  15. Literacy Rate: 46%
  16. Life Expectancy:    55 years (male)
  17.                 57 years(female)
  18. Birthrate: 39 births per 1,000  population
  19. Death Rate: 11 deaths per 1,000 population