Sudan is a country in north-east Africa.

Sudan may also refer to:

Places

  • Sudan (region), geographic region running across Africa just south of the Sahel
  • French Sudan, a former French colony, present-day Mali and other West African countries
  • The Sudans
  • Turco-Egyptian Sudan (1820–1885)
  • Mahdist Sudan (1885–1899)
  • Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1899–1956)
  • Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969)
  • Democratic Republic of the Sudan (1969–1985)
  • Republic of Sudan (1985–2019)
  • South Sudan, a separate country, which declared independence from Sudan in 2011
  • Sudanian Savanna, a belt of tropical savanna across the African continent

Elsewhere

  • Sudan, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
  • Sudan, Texas, a small town in Lamb County of West Texas in the United States
  • Sudan (Ibb), a sub-district of Ibb Governorate, Yemen
  • Sudan, Zira, a village in Punjab, India

People

  • Madhusudan (disambiguation), the generic Indian name
  • Sūdan, court poet
  • Sudan Gurung (born 1987), Nepalese politician
  • Gabriel Sudan (1899–1977), Romanian mathematician
  • Madhu Sudan (born 1966), Indian computer scientist

Other uses

  • Sudan (beverage), a traditional Korean punch
  • Sudan (film), a 1945 historical drama
  • Sudan (rhinoceros) (1973–2018), a northern white rhinoceros at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya
  • Sudan (ship), the PS Sudan, a Nile steamer
  • Sudan (tribe), a settled Bedouin tribe of the United Arab Emirates
  • Sudan function, in mathematics, named after Gabriel Sudan
  • Sudan grass, a grass
  • Sudan stain, a group of synthetic organic compounds used as dyes for plastics and biological samples

See also

  • SUDAAN, statistical software
  • Soudan (disambiguation)
  • Southern Sudan (disambiguation)
  • Nubia (disambiguation), including Nubia regions similar to modern Republic of Sudan
  • Nuba (disambiguation), including Nuba regions similar to modern Republic of Sudan
  • Kush (disambiguation), including Kush regions similar to modern Republic of Sudan