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The capital of Sudan is Khartoum The population is 2,85m Their presidant is Omar Hassan Ahmed Al- Bashir Ethnic Groups: African 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, Foreigners 2%, other !% Languages: Arabic is the official one, Nubian, Ta Bedawie Religion: official is Islam, Sunni Muslim 60%(in north), Indigenous beliefs 25%, Christain 5% location: Northern Africa, bordering the Red Sea, between Egypt and Eritrea Geographic coordinates: 15 00 N, 30 00 E Population growth rate: 2.143% Birth rate: 34.31 births/1,000 population Death rate: 13.64 deaths/1,000 population Government type: Government of National Unity (GNU) - the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) formed a power-sharing government under the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA); the NCP, which came to power by military coup in 1989, is the majority partner; the agreement stipulates national elections in 2009 Political pressure groups and leaders: Umma Party [SADIQ Siddiq al-Mahdi]; Popular Congress Party or PCP [Hassan al-TURABI]; Darfur rebel groups including the Justice and Equality Movement or JEM [Khalil IBRAHIM] and the Sudan Liberation Movement or SLM [various factional leaders] These facts are from The world fact book.