Thursday 3 April 2014

Sudan

What do we know about Sudan?

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  1. 1. Sudan used to be the largest country in Africa before splitting.
    2. Khartoum, the capital of Sudan means elephant trunk in Arabic as the city is next to a large bend of Nile River.
    3. The White and Blue Nile rivers run through Sudan and flows together at Khartoum, becoming the Nile River before flowing into Egypt.
    4. Even though much of Sudan’s land is made up of plains and deserts, it has large areas of gold deposits massive oil reserves.
    5. Sudan is the first Muslim and Arab country to appoint a female as a judge. This took place in the 1960s. There are at least 67 judges in the Sudanese judge today, which is more than any other Arab or Muslim country in the world.

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  2. Sudan

    Nowadays Sudan is in war. The country split in two, north and south. Although Sudan is interesting country, as their culture, history, geography and underground reserves so in this article I will explain some interesting facts about Sudan.

    Sudan was the largest country in Africa but of the war the country spilt in two, that’s why it is in the third place.

    Sudan name comes from ‘’bilad al-sudan’’, which means land of blacks.


    Capital of Sudan, Khartoum means elephant trunk in Arabic.


    Sudan is a very rich country because the gold deposits and oil reserves.


    Thousands years ago North Sudan was a volcanic geography so you can see volcanoes in North Sudan.


    We all know the pyramids home is Egypt but in Sudan there were more pyramids than the Egypt but pyramids were ruined.


    In Sudan there are more than three types of wedding ceremonies.

    In Sudan there are some historical places too such as the National Museum and the Tomb of Mahdi.



    Bibliography:

    oladiab.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/interesting-facts-about-sudan

    Onur AR



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  3. Historical places in Sudan by Sarah Göksoy

    The best places to visit in Sudan are Khartoum and Omdurman. Khartoum is the capital of Sudan and is really rich in culture. If you visit Khartoum you should go to Sudan's National Museum and Ethnographical Museum. You can see how ancient civilizations lived there. Also you can go to Omdurman and visit the tomb of el Mahdi. You can shop at the bazaars and also look at the markets.

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  4. What do we know about sudan? comment by denizhan ene

    Sudan was the largest place in africa before it split.The best places to visit in Sudan are Khartoum and Omdurman.Khartoum is the capital city of Sudan.There are lots of ancient museums.You can also shop a lot during your tour.

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