REPUBLIC OF SUDAN
International Treaties
ARIPO
Paris Convention
PCT
WIPO
WTO
Problems
Civil war between Northern Muslims and southern Christians
Corruption
Declining annual rainfall
Political instability
Poor irrigation, transportation
Poverty, slavery
Currency
Sudanese Pound
Dialing Code
249
Internet Domain
.sd
EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT
Education
Primary, Secondary Schools, Higher Education
Employment Majority
Mostly agriculture
INDUSTRY & TRADE
Main Exports
Oil and petroleum products; cotton, sesame, livestock, groundnuts, gum arabic, sugar
Main Imports
Foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat
Main Industries
Oil, cotton ginning, textiles, cement, edible oils, sugar, soap distilling, shoes, petroleum refining, pharmaceuticals, armaments, automobile
CULTURE
Languages
Arab
Population
30 million (2008 estimate)
Religion
Sudanese Arabs
GEOGRAPHICS & CLIMATE
Capital
Khartoum
Climate
Arid
Neighbouring Countries
Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad, Libya
Specialist intellectual proeprty attorneys. Patent, design and trademark attorneys for Sudan.