Sudan

Republic of the Sudan · السودان

Sudan (SD, SDN) is a country in Northern Africa, with Khartoum as its capital. The currency is the Sudanese Pound (SDG, SDG). The international dialling code is +249 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 091 123 1234. The time zone is Africa/Khartoum. Official languages: Arabic and English.

CurrencySDGSDG
Dial code+249e.g. 091 123 1234
Time zoneKhartoumUTC+02:00
LanguageArabic+1 more
CapitalKhartoum
Population50.5M1.9M km²

Overview

Official name
Republic of the Sudan
Native name
السودان · Sudan
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
SD
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
SDN
ISO 3166-1 numeric
729
IOC code
SUD
Demonym
Sudanese
Capital
Khartoum
Region
Africa › Northern Africa
Status
Independent, UN member
Groups
  • Northern Africa
  • United Nations
Internet domain
.sd
Coordinates
15, 30
Area
1,886,068 km²
Population
50,467,300
GDP
$136B ($2.7K per person)
Literacy
71.9%
Landlocked
No

Currency

Sudanese Pound SDG

Symbol
SDG
Minor units
2 decimals
Example
‏١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠ ج.س.

Former currencies: SDDSDPEGPGBP

Languages

LanguageStatusShare of populationWriting
Arabic arOfficial61% (30.8M)
English enOfficial61% (30.8M)
apd apd61% (30.8M)
Beja bej5.4% (2.7M)
fvr fvr2.7% (1.4M)
Hausa (Arabic) ha-Arab1.8% (908.4K)
mls mls0.99% (499.6K)
fia fia0.83% (418.9K)
zag zag0.51% (257.4K)

Time zones

Time zoneLocal timeStandardDaylight savingName
Africa/KhartoumUTC+02:00noneCentral Africa Time

Phone numbers

Calling code
+249
Dial-out prefix
00
Trunk prefix
0
National number length
9 digits
Emergency number
999 pattern 999

Number types

TypeNational formatInternational formatLayoutDigits
Fixed line015 312 3456+249 15 312 3456XXX XXX XXXX9
Mobile091 123 1234+249 91 123 1234XXX XXX XXXX9
Show the 1 formatting rules
Digits patternLeading digitsFormatInternational
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4})[19]$1 $2 $3$1 $2 $3

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{Postal code}

No data.

Postal code

Pattern
\d{5}
Examples
11042 · 11113

Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week
Saturday
Weekend
Friday to Saturday
First week of the year
Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle
12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
Calendars
gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system
Metric
Temperature
Celsius
Paper size
A4

Number and date formats

As written by the Arabic (Sudan) locale (ar-SD), amounts in SDG.

Number
١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
Percent
٤٥٫٧٪؜
Currency (SDG)
‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ج.س.
Accounting
؜-‏١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ج.س.
Currency, name
١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ جنيه سوداني
Compact short
١٫٢ مليون
Compact long
١٫٢ مليون
Scientific
١٫٢٣٥أس٦
Speed
٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
Temperature
٢١٫٥°م
Date, full
الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
Date, long
٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
Date, medium
٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Date, short
٢٧‏/٣‏/٢٠٢٦
Time, medium
٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
Time, short
٣:٠٤ م
Date and time
٢٧‏/٠٣‏/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
Month and year
مارس ٢٠٢٦
Weekday
الجمعة
Relative time
أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
List: and
A وB وC
List: or
A أو B أو C

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