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The Sudans (also known as the two Sudans or just Sudan) [1] is a region in Northeast Africa comprising the sovereign countries of Sudan and South Sudan. [2] Until 2011, the region was united under a state known as the Republic of the Sudan .
This is a significant increase over the past two decades, as the 1983 census put the total population of Sudan, including present-day South Sudan, at 21.6 million. [312] The population of Greater Khartoum (including Khartoum , Omdurman , and Khartoum North ) is growing rapidly and was recorded to be 5.2 million.
South Sudan Republic of South Sudan SSD English: South Sudan—Republic of South Sudan Juba English: Juba 10,748,272 644,329 km 2 (248,777 sq mi) South Sudanese pound: Sudan Republic of the Sudan SDN Arabic: السودان—جمهورية السودان (As Sūdān—Jumhūriyyah as Sūdān) English: Sudan—Republic of the Sudan Khartoum
South Sudan: 9 July 2011: 2011 South Sudanese independence referendum: 9 July 2011: Separation of Southern Sudan from Sudan Sudan: 15 April 2010: First democratic election since the Second Sudanese Civil War: 1 January 1956: Independence from Egyptian and British joint rule: 9 July 2011: South Sudan secedes from Sudan Tanzania: 1 July 1991
Anglophone Africa includes five countries in West Africa (The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and the most populous African country Nigeria, as well as a part of Cameroon) that are separated by Francophone countries, South Sudan, and a large continuous area in Southern Africa and the African Great Lakes.
South Sudan is a federation of 10 states and three administrative areas. The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations. [56] [57]
Prior to 9 July 2011, the Republic of the Sudan was composed of 25 states. The ten southern states now form part of the independent country of South Sudan. Two additional states were created in 2012 within the Darfur region, and one in 2013 in Kordofan, bringing the total to 18.
South Sudan is a federation of 10 states and three administrative areas. The Abyei Area is a zone with "special administrative status" established by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. It is de jure a condominium of South Sudan and Sudan, but de facto administered by two competing administrations and the United Nations. [7] [8]