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Sudan

السودان · As-Sudan

Nubian pyramids, Sufi dancing and the meeting point of the two Niles.

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The 30-second card

LanguageEnglish, ArabicSource: Wikidata · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
CurrencySudanese Pound · SDGSource: Unicode CLDR · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
DrivingOn the rightSource: Wikidata · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
Visa · United States passport
Visa neededSource: U.S. Department of State · Checked 25 Oct 2026 ↗
Visa · United Kingdom passport
Visa neededSource: GOV.UK · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
SIM and eSIM
Prepaid mobile plans are easy to buy locally; Zain and MTN are the two operators.Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
Cards or cash
Mostly cashMostly cards
Step 1 of 5: Almost everything is paid for in cash.Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
Money in Sudan
Sudanese Pound · SDG
Bring US dollars in cash; hotels often accept them and banks in big cities exchange them.
Spend or exchange your Sudanese pounds before leaving; the currency cannot be changed abroad.
If a price sounds odd, ask whether it is in new pounds, to avoid mix-ups with the old currency.
Leave travellers' cheques at home; nobody accepts them.
Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗ Collect Sudanese Pound in CointryOur sister app for coin and banknote collectors · cointry.appOpen
Public holidays in the next 12 months
Fri, 25 Dec 2026 · Christmas Day
Fri, 1 Jan 2027 · Independence Day
Thu, 7 Jan 2027 · Coptic Christmas
Mon, 8 Feb 2027–8 Mar · Ramadan (expected date)
Tue, 9 Mar 2027 · Eid al-Fitr (expected date)
Sun, 2 May 2027 · Easter Sunday Coptic Easter Sunday
Sun, 16 May 2027 · Eid al-Adha (expected date)
Source: Nager.Date · Checked 23 Oct 2026 ↗Source: Umm al-Qura calendar (computed with ICU) · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
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Safety today

Germany, the US and the UK publish their travel advice openly. Here is what those that cover Sudan say, side by side, checked daily.

German Foreign Office says
Travel warning
Calm
Caution
Serious
Don’t go ●
Source: Auswärtiges Amt
Updated 13 Oct 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026
Official page
U.S. Department of State says
Do not travel
Calm
Caution
Serious
Don’t go ●

Level 4 of 4

Source: travel.state.gov
Updated 14 May 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026
Official page
UK Foreign Office says
Advises against all travel to parts of the country

Some regions differ, see the official page.

Source: GOV.UK
Updated 11 May 2026 · Checked 24 Oct 2026
Official page

Scams to know

Cash demands at checkpoints

Keep only small sums within reach; if pressed, hand over what is asked rather than argue.

Source: GOV.UK · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗

Countrywise is a summary. The official page is authoritative.

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Health

Hepatitis A, typhoid and routine shots advised; yellow fever for trips south of the Sahara; malaria risk.
Vaccinations

Hepatitis A and typhoid shots are advised, routine vaccines such as measles and polio should be current, and yellow fever is advised for trips south of the Sahara; hepatitis B, cholera, rabies and meningitis shots are worth discussing with a doctor.

Malaria
Risk
Talk to a travel clinic 4–8 weeks before you go.
Source: CDC
Checked 24 Oct 2026
Official page

Summarised from the CDC’s Travelers’ Health pages. Using them does not mean the CDC endorses Countrywise.

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Must-see · 1Meroë

Royal Nubian city by the Nile with over 200 steep pyramids.

Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
Strange & surprising · #1

Bir Tawil, on the Egyptian border, is the only dry land outside Antarctica that no country claims.

Source: Wikivoyage · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
National anthem: Nahnu Jund Allah Jund Al-watan. The lyrics, translated, and the story are in the app. Source: Wikidata · Checked 24 Oct 2026 ↗
3 World Heritage sites in Sudan, each with a photo and its story, in the app. Source: UNESCO World Heritage List
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Deep facts

About the data

Written from the sources we link, and checked against them before each release. Countrywise summarises public sources. We are not an official source. For safety and entry rules, always follow the official page we link to.

From your foreign ministry when it publishes its advice openly (Germany, the US, the UK). Otherwise we show those three side by side. Checked daily, with the date next to every entry.

Flag artwork from flag-icons (MIT licence).

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