| Country Name | Sudan |
| Full Country Name | Republic of the Sudan |
| Local - Long | Jumhuriyat as-Sudan |
| Local - Short | As-Sudan |
| Former Name | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan |
| Etymology- history of name | the name "Sudan" derives from the Arabic "bilad-as-sudan" meaning "Land of the black [peoples]" |
| Government Type | presidential republic |
| Capital Name | Khartoum |
| Capital - geographic coordinate | 15 36 N, 32 32 E |
| Capital Time Difference | UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| Independence | 1 January 1956 (from Egypt and the UK) |
| National Holiday | Independence Day, 1 January (1956) |
| Constitution | previous 1998; latest adopted 6 July 2005, effective 9 July 2005 (interim constitution); amended 2015; note - in 2011, the Government of Sudan initiated a process for drafting a new constitution |
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