SUDAN is located in the northeastern part of Africa between the 22.4 latitude northern equator and 38.22 longitude. The country occupies the middle part between Africa and the Arab world. Such a location distinguishes Sudan with a unique characteristic considering it the main passage for the pilgrim and trade convoys that forward from the east of Africa to the Holy Land until the mid of the current century.
Total area of the Sudan is (about 1,882,000 km square) which makes it one of the largest African countries and it comes sixteenth among the largest countries of the world. Sudan is the third largest Arab country and the second African’s.
The following countries neighbor Sudan: Egypt, Libya, Eritrea, Chad, Central Africa, Ethiopia, and South Sudan