Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur
Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority
Formal name: Republic of the Sudan
Alternate names: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, As Sūdān, Es Sūdān el Inglīzi el Masri, Jamhuryat el-Sudan, Jumhūrīyat as Sūdan, Jumhūrīyat as Sūdān ad Dīmuqrāţīyah, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan
Government type: presidential republic
Leaders: chief of state and head of government: President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-BASHIR