Sub Saharan Africa

Sudan
Last reviewed: 6 November 2007

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GEOGRAPHY

Sudan is the largest country in Africa (almost as large as the European Union). Dominated by the Nile and its tributaries, it borders Egypt, Libya, Chad, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea. Sudan has over 800km of coastline along its north-eastern border, providing access to the Red Sea. Sudan has a tropical south and arid desert in the north. It is generally flat, with mountains to the east and west.