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Transportation of Sudan

Airports:88 (2006)
Airports - with paved runways:total: 15
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 9
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2006)
Airports - with unpaved runways:total: 73
over 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 37
under 914 m: 17 (2006)
Heliports:1 (2006)
Pipelines:gas 156 km; oil 3,930 km; refined products 1,613 km (2006)
Railways:total: 5,978 km
narrow gauge: 4,578 km 1.067-m gauge; 1,400 km 0.600-m gauge for cotton plantations (2006)
Roadways:total: 11,900 km
paved: 4,320 km
unpaved: 7,580 km (1999)
Waterways:4,068 km (1,723 km open year round on White and Blue Nile rivers) (2006)
Merchant marine:total: 2 ships (1000 GRT or over) 11,326 GRT/14,068 DWT
by type: cargo 1, livestock carrier 1
registered in other countries: 2 (Panama 1, Saudi Arabia 1) (2006)
Ports and terminals:Port Sudan

Sudan Quickstats

  • Population: 39,379,358 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 2,505,810 sq km
  • Density: 14 /km² (194th)
  • GDP (total): $84.755 billion (62nd)
  • GDP (per capita): $2,522 9.6% (134th)
  • Literacy: 61.1%

Languages of Sudan

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  • Currency: Sudanese pound (SDG, SDD)
  • Dial code: +249

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Sudan Internet

  • Usage: 1,140,000
  • Penetration: 3.3 %
  • Top Domain: .su

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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