
Sudan
Updated: Sep 15, 2022
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Country Name
Sudan, or officially the Republic of Sudan.
Location
Sudan is a country in North-East Africa. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, Libya to the northwest, Chad to the west, the Central African Republic to the southwest, South Sudan to the south, Ethiopia to the southeast, Eritrea to the east, and the Red Sea to the northeast.

Capital
Khartoum.
Reason for Naming the country
The country's name Sudan is a name given to a geographical region to the south of the Sahara, stretching from Western Africa to eastern Central Africa. The name derives from the Arabic bilād as-sūdān (بلاد السودان), or the "Land of the Blacks".
The name is one of several toponyms sharing similar etymologies, ultimately meaning "land of the blacks" or similar meanings, in reference to the dark skin of the inhabitants.
Flag
The current flag was adopted on May 20, 1970.
The flag consists of three horizontal stripes red, white, and black colors and a green wedge in the left part of the flag.
The red color represents struggles and bloodshed, the white color represents Islamic people, peace, and love, the black color represents Sudan itself, and the green represents the prosperity and agricultural tradition of Sudan.
*Flag Facts:
- The current flag is very similar to the former flag of Libya, which also bears traditional pan-Arab colors to commemorate solidarity with the other Arab nations.
- Variations of the red-white-black flag have been used in various Arab flags such as Syria, Egypt, Yemen, Libya*, and Iraq.
*(The flag is identical to the flag of Libya from 1969–1972.).
