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Sudan
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This edition of Sudan: A Country Study replaces the
previous edition published in 1982. Like its predecessor, the
present book attempts to treat in a compact and objective manner
the dominant historical, social, economic, political, and
national security aspects of contemporary Sudan. Sources of
information included scholarly books, journals, and monographs;
official reports and documents of governments and international
organizations; and foreign and domestic newspapers and
periodicals. Relatively up-to-date economic data were lacking.
Chapter bibliographies appear at the end of the book; brief
comments on some of the more valuable sources for further reading
appear at the conclusion of each chapter. Measurements are given
in the metric system; a conversion table is provided to assist
those who are unfamiliar with the metric system (see
table 1,
Appendix). The Glossary provides brief definitions of terms that
may be unfamiliar to the general reader.
The transliteration of Arabic words and phrases posed a
particular problem. For many of the words--such as Muhammad,
Muslim, Quran, and shaykh--the authors followed a modified
version of the system adopted by the United States Board on
Geographic Names and the Permanent Committee on Geographic Names
for British Official Use, known as the BGN/PCGN system; the
modification entails the omission of all diacritical markings and
hyphens. In numerous instances, however, the names of persons or
places are so well known by another spelling that to have used
the BGN/PCGN system may have created confusion. The reader will
find Khartoum for the city rather than Al Khartum (the latter
form is used for the state by that name), Roseires Dan rather
than Ar Rusayris, and the Mahdi rather than Muhammad Ahmad ibn as
Sayyid Abd Allah. Place names pose another problem in the
government changed the administrative divisions of Sudan in
February 1991. The country was then divided into nine states,
generally with names and borders similar to the historical
provinces of the colonial period and early independence. Readers
will thus find Bahr al Ghazal and Kurdufan, for example, referred
to either as states or as provinces depending on the context.
The body of the text reflects information available as of
June 1991. Certain other portions of the text, however, have been
updated. The Introduction discusses significant events that have
occurred since the completion of research, and the Country
Profile includes updated information as available.
Data as of June 1991
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