Sudán

Interesting Facts About Sudán

• Sudan is Africa's third-largest country by area, occupying 1,886,068 square kilometres
• Sudan borders seven countries: the Central African Republic, Chad, Libya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, plus the Red Sea to the east
• Khartoum is Sudan's capital and most populous city
• The Kerma culture, an early civilization centered in Kerma, Sudan, flourished from around 2500 BC to 1500 BC in ancient Nubia
• During the Kingdom of Kerma's latest phase (1700–1500 BC), it became a sizable, populous empire that rivaled Egypt

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