Sudan Independence Day

Sudan Independence Day

January 1Sudan became an independent republic on New Year's Day in 1956, after having been a joint British-Egyptian territory since 1899.
Independence Day is celebrated as a national holiday with elaborate festivities in the capital city of Khartoum.
CONTACTS:
Embassy of the Republic of Sudan
2210 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20008
202-338-8565; fax: 202-667-2406
www.sudanembassy.org
SOURCES:
AnnivHol-2000, p. 1
NatlHolWrld-1968, p. 10