Al Jazirah is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 23,373 km2 and an estimated population of approximately 3,300,000 (2000). Wad Madani is the capital of the state.
The Republic of the Sudan, or Republic of Sudan (in recent years the definite article has increasingly been dropped in common usage) is the largest country in Africa, situated in the northeast part of the continent.
It borders Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, and Libya to the northwest.
Sudan is situated in Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea.
It is bounded on the north by Egypt; on the east by the Red Sea, Eritrea, and Ethiopia; on the south by Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire); and on the west by the Central African Republic, Chad, and Libya.
Sudan has a maximum length from north to south of more than 2,250 km (1,400 mi); the extreme width of the country is about 1,730 km (about 1,075 mi).
The population of Sudan is composed principally of Arabs in the north and fl Africans in the south; many Arabs are of mixed ancestry.
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