The name derives from the Arabic bilad as-sudan or "the lands of the Blacks".
The people of Sudan are called Sudanese
I'm not sure of how except from political unrest.. But I read that it is now going to be called North Sudan and South Sudan..
The official currency of South Sudan is the South Sudanese pound.
Sudan is a country in North East Africa. It is the largest country by area on the African continent, although large parts of it are uninhabitable. It is also very cultral and should be called Sudan and not the Sudan.
Darfuri
There was a Christian mission group to the African country of Sudan called the Sudan Interior Mission.
Sudanese people
Some previous names for present day Sudan include Kush and Kerma.
The former French colony called "Soudan Français", (English: French Sudan) is the country now called Mali.
they called it the land of Kush
egypts neighbours are libya and sudan
Up until 2011 Sudan had been the largest country in Africa. In July 2011 part of Sudan became independent to form a new country called the Republic of South Sudan, and making Sudan itself smaller. The result of this is that Algeria is now the largest country in Africa, and Sudan is now the third largest.