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    Sudan Mapping

    • October 27, 2021
    • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
    • Category: DPN Topics
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    Sudan Mapping

    Subject – IR

    Context – Sudan General defends power grab

    Concept –

    CountryGeographical LocationBordering CountriesCapital
    Sudan
    • North-Eastern Africa
    • North of Equator
    • Egypt
    • Libya 
    • Chad 
    • Central African Republic 
    • South Sudan 
    • Ethiopia 
    • Eritrea 
    • Red Sea 
     Khartoum
    ClimateMajor MineralUnique FeaturesDemography
    Sudan has a tropical climate characterized by a rainy season of high humidity and large amounts of rainfall followed by a drier season

    Summer temperatures often exceed 43.3 degrees Celsius (110 degrees Fahrenheit) in the desert zones, and rainfall is negligible.

    Dust storms frequently occur in desert zone. High temperatures also occur in the south throughout the central plains region, but the humidity is generally low

    Asbestos, Chromite, Gold, Uranium, Copper, Zinc
    • It is Africa’s third largest country by area.
    • Before secession of South Sudan it was the largest.
    • Darfur region is infamous for civil war
    • Sudan has a population of approximately 45mn, predominantly rural, subsistence economy.
    • Nubian tribes in the far North
    • Arab tribes in Central Sudan, Kordufan and Darfur
    • Beja tribes in Eastern Sudan
    • Mapan and Angassana tribes in Southern Blue Nile
    • Nubian tribes in Southern Kordufan
    • Southern Nilotic tribes in South Sudan
    • This region has been negatively affected by war for all but 10 of the years since 1956, resulting in serious neglect, lack of infrastructure development, and major destruction and displacement.

    CountryGeographical LocationBordering CountriesCapital
    South Sudan
    • North-Eastern Africa
    • North of Equator
    • Sudan
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Uganda·        Democratic Republic of the Congo
    • Central African Republic
    Juba
    ClimateMajor MineralUnique FeaturesDemography
    South Sudan has a tropical climate, characterized by a rainy season of high humidity and large amounts of rainfall followed by a drier season–
    • It gained independence from the Republic of the Sudan in 2011, making it the most recent sovereign state or country.
    • It includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal meaning “Mountain River”
    • South Sudan has a population of approximately 11 million and a predominantly rural, subsistence economy.
    • This region has been negatively affected by war for all but 10 of the years since 1956, resulting in serious neglect, lack of infrastructure development, and major destruction and displacement.
    IR Sudan Mapping
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