Sudan at a glance: its flag, its capital Khartoum, its population and where it sits on the world map. Plus a way to test yourself afterwards.
Adopted on 20 May 1970, after the coup that brought Gaafar Nimeiry to power, Sudan’s flag reuses the pan-Arab colours inherited from the 1916 Arab Revolt flag: red, white, black and green.
Red stands for the martyrs of independence, white for peace, black for the country itself — whose Arabic name means “land of the Blacks” — and for the 19th-century Mahdist revolt; the green triangle at the hoist evokes Islam and agriculture.
7 bordering countries
Central African Republic
Chad
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Libya
South Sudan
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Data: Wikidata (CC0). Flags and map: Geo Nerd.
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