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About Sudan
Sudan is a country in North Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of the Sudan. In Arabic, the name is written السودان, and the capital الخرطوم. Sudan is a member of the Arab League, which brings together 22 countries. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of Sudan is Khartoum. Khartoum lies at about 16° north and 33° east. Sudan has 2 official languages: Arabic and English. Its currency is the Sudanese Pound, with the symbol ج.س. and the international code SDG.
Sudan covers about 1,886,068 square kilometres, which puts it 15th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 7 countries: Libya, Chad, Ethiopia, Egypt, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Eritrea. The largest of these neighbours by area is Libya. Other countries in North Africa include Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Its flag is easy to confuse with the flags of Palestine and Jordan, a classic trap in the Hard level of the flags quiz. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes Sudan with the other countries of the same region.