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Capital: khartoum
Country name
: conventional long form: republic of the sudan conventional short form: sudan local long form: jumhuriyat as-sudan local short form: as-sudan former: anglo-egyptian sudan
National holiday: independence day. 1 january (1956)
Government type
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coalition government run by an alliance of the national congress party (ncp) and the sudan people's liberation movement (splm)
Administrative divisions: 26 states (wilayat. singular - wilayah); a'ali an nil (upper nile). al bahr al ahmar (red sea). al buhayrat (lakes). al jazirah (el gezira). al khartum (khartoum). al qadarif (gedaref). al wahdah (unity). an nil al abyad (white nile). an nil al azraq (blue nile). ash shamaliyah (northern). bahr al jabal (bahr al jabal). gharb al istiwa'iyah (western equatoria). gharb bahr al ghazal (western bahr al ghazal). gharb darfur (western darfur). gharb kurdufan (western kordofan). janub darfur (southern darfur). janub kurdufan (southern kordofan). junqali (jonglei). kassala (kassala). nahr an nil (nile). shamal bahr al ghazal (northern bahr al ghazal). shamal darfur (northern darfur). shamal kurdufan (northern kordofan). sharq al istiwa'iyah (eastern equatoria). sinnar (sinnar). warab (warab) |
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Independence:
1 january 1956 (from egypt and uk)
Political parties and leaders: to obtain government approval parties must accept the constitution and refrain from advocating or using violence against the regime; approved parties include the national congress party or ncp [ibrahim ahmed umar]. the sudan people's liberation movement or splm [salva kiir]; popular national congress or pnc [hassan al-turabi]. and over 20 minor. pro-government parties
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Political pressure groups and leaders:
democratic unionist party [muhammed uthman al-mirghani]; national democratic alliance [muhammed uthman al-mirghani. chairman]; sudan people's liberation movement/army [salva kiir]; umma party [sadiq al-mahdi]
International organization participation
: 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. iso. itu. las. miga. nam. oic. opcw. pca. un. unctad. unesco. unhcr. unido. upu. wco. wftu. who. wipo. wmo. wtoo. wto (observer)
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