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The Sudan, from the Arabic bilâd as-sûdân "land of the Blacks," is a geographic region in West and Eastern Africa. The phrase "The Sudan" is also used by some to refer ...
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Darfur (Arabic: دار فور ‎ daar foor, lit. "home of the Fur") is a region in Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by ...
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Sudan (region), vast geographical region of northern Africa, extending east to west across the continent. It forms a semiarid transition zone between the Sahara on the north and the wet tropical regions on the south. Desert and scrublands predominate in the north, grading into grasslands and savanna to the south. The name Sudan (Arabic, “black”) is a reference to the black peoples who historically have inhabited the region.