Sudan

The Sudanese Arab Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية السودانية al-jumhūriyah al-‘arabīyah as-sudānīyah), informally known as The Sudan or simply Sudan (السودان as-sūdān), is a member republic (a state) of the Arab Union. Its capital and largest city is Khartoum. It borders Eritrea to the east, the Red Sea to the northeast, the Egyptian Arab Republic to the north, the Libyan Arab Republic to the northwest, and the sovereign states of Chad to the west, the Central African Republic to the southwest, South Sudan to the south, and Ethiopia to the southeast.