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Area > Comparative slightly more than one-quarter the size of the US
Area > Land	2,376,000 sq km		[12th of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	2,505,810 sq km		[17th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population Khartoum - (est. 1,000,000 to 2,000,000)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season varies by region (April to November)
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	25.9%		[106th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	15 00 N, 30 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries Central African Republic 1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 628 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Eritrea 605 km, Ethiopia 1,606 km, Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	6.78%		[135th of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Khartoum
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	2,249,000		[43rd of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population Omdurman - (est. 4,000,000)
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Africa
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural hazards dust storms and periodic persistent droughts
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Natural resources petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density	14.51 people per sqkm		[191st of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	15.25 people/m²		[171st of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Surface area > sq. km	2,505,810 km²		[10th of 206]
Source: World Development Indicators database
tallest mountains > Mountain	Kinyeti
Source: World Development Indicators database

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