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Lawyers Association
Amarat St. 61, Khartoum
Tel: + 249 83 774414
Medical Association
Nile Avenue, Khartoum
Tel: + 249 83 779769 / 777617
National Congress Secretariat General
Khartoum
Tel: + 249 83 772411
National Records (Sudan Archives)
Jamhuriya Avenue, Khartoum
Tel: + 249 83 784255 / 784135
Sudanese Company for Duty Free Zones
and Shops
International Fair of Khartoum, Khartoum Burri
Tel: + 249 83 72702 / 272909
The Political System
(the National Congress)
The National Congress is the only political organi-
sation in Sudan under which various popular and
professional Sudanese sectors are represented.
It is formed by the people’s active participation in
electing their representatives. All these sectors hold
general conferences and elect representatives to the
highest body – the National Congress – which thus
represents people from various backgrounds and
disciplines. The main task of the National Congress
is to set the general governmental and social poli-
cies.
GEOGRAPHY
Environment
Sudan is mainly composed of extensive plains or
ironstone soils in the south, clay in the central re-
gions and sand in the north and west. There are a
few mountainous areas of which the principal ones
are the Imatong in the south, Jebel Marra in the west
and the Red Sea Hills in the east. The major plant
life zones in Sudan are desert, semi-desert, wood-
land savanna on clay and woodland savanna on
sand, woodland derived recently from the rain for-
est, the flood region and Montana vegetation. The
arid and semi-arid areas constitute more than 60%
of the area of the country. The desert covers about
700,000 sq km – one-quarter of the country. The to-
tal area of the semi-desert vegetation covers about
478,000 sq km. The total area of low rainfall savanna
on clay covers about 122,000 sq km.
The wide variety of vegetation types in Sudan is
reflected in its fauna. Out of the numerous mam-
mal orders in Africa, 12 can be found in Sudan, and
1,931 species of birds have been recorded in Su-
dan. Equally diversified is the fish fauna, the most
significant of which are that of the Nile. The Nile is
geologically old and has a distinctive “Nilotic” fauna,
which includes relatively few species (24 families
and 106 species). Similarly, the insect fauna of Su-
dan is much diversified. It is estimated that there are
at least 100 species of insect pests in Sudan.
Hills on the Nile
Baboons are one of the numerous
primate specie living in Sudan
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