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<text id=93CT1295>
<title>
Sudan--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Sudan
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Northern Africa, along the Red Sea, between Egypt
and Ethiopia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 2,505,810 km2</l>
<l> land area: 2.376 million km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly more than one-quarter the size of
the US</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 7,697 km, Central African Republic
1,165 km, Chad 1,360 km, Egypt 1,273 km, Ethiopia 2,221 km,
Kenya 232 km, Libya 383 km, Uganda 435 km, Zaire 628 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 853 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 18 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of
exploitation</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: administrative boundary with Kenya
does not coincide with international boundary; administrative
boundary with Egypt does not coincide with international
boundary creating the "Hala'ib Triangle," a barren area of
20,580 km2, the dispute over this area escalated in 1993
</p>
<p>Climate: tropical in south; arid desert in north; rainy season
(April to October)
</p>
<p>Terrain: generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east
and west
</p>
<p>Natural resources: small reserves of petroleum, iron ore,
copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 5%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 24%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 20%</l>
<l> other: 51%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 18,900 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: dominated by the Nile and its tributaries; dust
storms; desertification
</p>
<p>Note: largest country in Africa
</p></body></article></text>