Sudan

Sudan
Natural Resources:petroleum; small reserves of iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, gold, hydropower
Language:Arabic (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, diverse dialects of Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic, Sudanic languages, English
Ethnic Groups: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 1%
Literacy Rate:
total population: 61.1%
male: 71.8%
female: 50.5% (2003 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 87.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est).
Life Span:
total population: 50.28 years
male: 49.38 years
female: 51.23 years (2008 est.)
Colonized by:
1 January 1956 (from Egypt and UK)
3 continued influences: money pounds (UK), one official language English,5 % are christian