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Climate
Hot, dry climate, cooler in winter months i.e. December, January,
February. Current
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Capital: Khartoum
Language: Arabic (+249 International code)
Visa/Entry Requirements:
§ Passport details printed in Arabic £35.
§ A letter of invitation from a tour company or sponsor.
§ Visa, cost £20.
Currency rate: Sudanese pound (S£) US$1 = S£25.87
Fuel costs: Diesel: US$ 0.26 per litre
Roads: Major roads are tarred; the rest are desert track.
Interesting Facts
The Red Sea: The Surface of the Red Sea represent one eighth of
one percent of the world ocean, it is along narrow marine basin
extending from Bab Al-Mandab North wards to the Southern tip of
the Sinnai Penisula. The total length is about 1900 km of which
about 650 km border on the Sudan. Because of the embayment and
capes, however, the Sudanese coastline is more than 750 km long.
The maximum of width of the Red Sea is 306 km off Port Sudan;
the width is about 200 km.
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