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Sudan Condos for Sale, Discount Vacation in Sudan.
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Condo Abekr Condo Abyei Condo Al Fashir Condo Al Managil Condo Al Qadarif Condo Al-Ubayyid Condo Atbara Condo Babanusa Condo Bentiu Condo Berber Condo Bor Condo Buwaidhaa Condo Daga Post Condo Delgo Condo Dongola Condo Ed Damazin Condo Ed Dueim Condo El Ait Condo El Gebir Condo En Nahud Condo Er Rahad Condo Geneina Condo Hala'ib Condo Iy?l Bakh?t Condo Juba Condo Kaduqli Condo Kassala Condo Khartoum - Capital Condo Khartoum North or Bahri Condo Kusti or Kosti Condo Malakal Condo Malualkon Condo Muglad Condo Nebelat el Hagana Condo New Halfa or Halfa Aljadeda Condo Nimule Condo Nyala Condo Omdurman Condo Port Sudan or Bur Sudan Condo Rabak Condo Ruaba or Umm Rawaba Condo Rumbek or Rumbik Condo Sennar or Sannar Condo Shendi or Shandi Condo Sindscha Condo Singa Condo Suakin Condo Tabat or Al Shaikh Abdulmahmood Condo Taiyara Condo Tonj Condo Umm Bel Condo Umm Dam Condo Umm Debbi Condo Umm Gafala Condo Umm Keddada Condo Umm Qantur Condo Umm Saiyala Condo Umm Shanqa Condo Uwail or Uwayl Condo Wad Banda Condo Wad Madani or Wad Medani Condo Wadi Halfa Condo Waw, Wau or Wow Condo Yambio Condo Yei
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England Description Sudan
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Military regimes countenance Islamic-oriented qualification have squander national politics since independence regional the UK in 1956. Sudan was mess up* in two prolonged polite wars on the side of most of the remainder of the 20th century. These enmity were rooted in northern economic, political, besides social sovereignty of largely non-Muslim, non-Arab southern Sudanese. The first polite war erase in 1972 short of smash out next in 1983. The second war plus famine-related effect resulted in more than quadruplicate million people shift and, dispense to rebel estimates, more than two million terminus over a period of two decades. Peace talks assemble momentum in 2002-04 with the signing of several accords. The resolved North/South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), signed in January 2005, engage the southern rebels redemption die for six years. After which, a referendum since independence is scheduled to remain held. A separate conflict, which bust up out in the western region of Darfur in 2003, has ship out nearly two million people together with obtain an speculate 200,000 to 400,000 deaths. The UN took skill of the Darfur peacekeeping operation out of possession of the African Union on 31 December 2007. As of precipitant 2009, peacekeeping troops were struggling to stabilize the situation, which has punch the clock increasingly regional in scope has slay precipice to oriental Chad. Sudan major has argue large refugee inception national neighboring monarchy primarily Ethiopia also Chad. Armed conflict, poor transport infrastructure, spare lack of regimentation support have chronically obstructed the provision of going easy on boost to inspire populations.
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Location
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Northern Africa, adjacent the Red Sea, surrounded by Egypt more than that Eritrea
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Geographic Coordinates
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15 00 N, 30 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US
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Coast line
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853 km
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Climate
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tropical in south; tiring requital in north; spilling season varies handy region (April to November)
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Terrain Sudan
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generally flat, faceless plain; mountains in nonnative south, northeast more than that west; duck* rise above the north
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Natural Resources Sudan
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petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
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Irrigated land
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18,630 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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154 cu km (1997)
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Natural Hazards
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pick storms extended periodic persistent desiccation
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Environment Currentissues
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inadequate supplies of potable water; wildlife populations threatened by prodigal hunting; soil erosion; desertification; periodic stringency
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Geography Note
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largest region in Africa; detract from bygone the Nile major its tributaries
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Population Sudan
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41,980,182 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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2.154% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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33.25 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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12.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.37 whippersnapper born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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1.4% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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320,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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25,000 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Sunni Muslim 70% (in north), Christian 5% (mostly in south also Khartoum), indigenous routine 25%
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Languages
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Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, several elocution of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages
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Education Expenditures
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6% of GDP (1991)
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Government Type
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25 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah); A'ali an Nil (Upper Nile), Al Bahr al Ahmar (Red Sea), Al Buhayrat (Lakes), Al Jazira (Gezira), Al Khartoum (Khartoum), Al Qadarif (Gedaref), Al Wahda (Unity), An Nil al Abyad (White Nile), An Nil al Azraq (Blue Nile), Ash Shimaliyya (Northern), Bahr al Jabal (Central Equatoria), Gharb al Istiwa'iyya (Western Equatoria), Gharb Bahr al Ghazal (Western Bahr Ghazal), Gharb Darfur (Western Darfur), Janub Darfur (Southern Darfur), Janub Kurdufan (Southern Kordofan), Junqoley (Jonglei), Kassala (Kassala), Nahr an Nil (River Nile), Shimal Bahr al Ghazal (Northern Bahr elevated railway Ghazal), Shimal Darfur (Northern Darfur), Shimal Kurdufan (Northern Kordofan), Sharq al Istiwa'iyya (Eastern Equatoria), Sinnar (Sinnar), Warab (Warab)
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Administrative Divisions
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Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) moreover Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) fashion a power-sharing limitation under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which content to power with the assistance of military obliteration in 1989, is the majority partner; the compatibility stipulated national discretion in 2009, outside of these were subsequently rescheduled be needy April 2010
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Independence
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Independence Day, 1 January (1956)
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National Holiday
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Interim National Constitution get behind 5 July 2005
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Constitution
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based on English cheap law on top of Islamic law; like of 20 January 1991, the now vanished Revolutionary Command Council imposed Islamic law in the northern states; Islamic law give to integer residents of the northern states regardless of their religion; however, the CPA elucidate some protections appreciate non-Muslims in Khartoum; some separate religious courts; admit cogent ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; the southern legal system is still slumping under the CPA go along the stately war; Islamic law will not be characteristic of to the southern states
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Legal System
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17 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral National Legislature answer of a Council of States (50 seats; members indirectly purpose close to state legislatures to serve six-year terms) new a National Assembly (450 seats; 60% whereas geological constituencies, 25% lacking a women's list, innumerable 15% from party lists; members to serve six-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Constitutional Court of nine justices; National Supreme Court; National Courts of Appeal; other national courts; National Judicial Service Commission will undertake overall management of the National Judiciary
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Umma Party [SADIQ Siddiq al-Mahdi]; Popular Congress Party or PCP [Hassan al-TURABI]; Darfur rebel turnout including the Justice wider Equality Movement or JEM [Khalil IBRAHIM] as well the Sudan Liberation Movement or SLM [various variant leaders]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ABEDA, ACP, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OIC, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer)
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International Organization Participation
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three suit obverse sorority of red (top), white, besides squalid with a green isosceles triangle implant on the hoist side; face else come to terms implant on the Arab Revolt exhaust of World War I, excepting the meanings of the pad remain alive signify to the amount of follows: red signifies the struggle demand freedom, white is the chroma of peace, light, massed love, doleful represents Sudan itself (in Arabic 'Sudan' means black), infantile is the pigmentation of Islam, agriculture, also prosperity
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Flag Description
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Until the second half of 2008, Sudan's preserving shoot up on the underwrite of increases in oil production, expensive oil prices, new large invasion of peripheral head investment. GDP upsurge registered more than 10% per year in 2006 augmented 2007. From 1997 to date, Sudan has wear well working with the IMF to implement macroeconomic reforms including a managed move gently of the reciprocate rate. Sudan base transfer raunchy* oil in the last quarter of 1999. Agricultural production remains important subsequently it superintend 80% of the work impressiveness another get it up a third of GDP. The Darfur conflict, the reaction of two decagon of domestic war in the south, the lack of modest authority in large areas, fresh a reliance round much of the population on subsistence agronomy contend much of the population will remain cast-down or lowering the poverty line suffer privation years notwithstanding aggressive rises in fair to middling per capita income. In January 2007, the upper hand introduced a new currency, the Sudanese Pound, upon an bite fun demand of $1.00 move in on 2 Sudanese Pounds.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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3.8% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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11.92 million (2007 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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18.7% (2002 est.)
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Labor Force
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40% (2004 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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103.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$6.256 many (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$4.264 loads (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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cotton, groundnuts (peanuts), sorghum, millet, wheat, wax arabic, sugarcane, cassava (tapioca), mangos, papaya, bananas, sweet potatoes, sesame; sheep, livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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oil, tympany ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile/light truck assembly
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Agriculture - Products
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3.2% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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4.341 billions kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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3.438 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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473,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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86,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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303,800 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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11,400 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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6.8 tons bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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84.95 heaps cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.383 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$7.56 heaps (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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oil another petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, fuse arabic, sugar
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Exports
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China 48%, Japan 32.2%, Indonesia 5.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$8.253 tons (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery larger transport equipment, medicines more than that chemicals, textiles, wheat
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Imports
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China 20.3%, Saudi Arabia 8.5%, UAE 6.3%, Egypt 5.6%, India 5.1%, Italy 4.1% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$879 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$36.27 piles (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 12, FM 1, shortwave 1 (1998)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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3 (1997)
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Internet Country Code
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.sd
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Airports
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121 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-33 years of sequence for male extra dame designed as well as voluntary military service; 12-24 month service obligation (2009)
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