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Place nameSudan
Other namesJumhuriyat as-Sudan, As-Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Sudan, The, Soudan, République du Soudan, Soedan, Sudán, Sudão, SDN, SD, ISO736, SU00, Jumhuriyat as-Sudan ad-Dimugratiyah, Jum huriyat as-Sudan ad-Dimuqratiyah, Democratic Republic of the Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Sudanese
Latitude15
Longitude30
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Area had settlements 30,000 BC; home to Nilo-Saharan & Niger-Kodofanian civilizations; occupied by Libya then Egypt 2000 BC; Christian & Muslim states; conquered by Egypt 1820; ravaged by slave trade 19th cen.; joint British/Egyptian rule early 20th cen.; official language is Arabic, though Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic & Sudanic languages are also spoken.
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