LIBYA EGYPT Hoping

Oil
Port Sudan
for a new
nation
pipeline

R
Darfur

ed
Nile
region
CHAD River

Se
Southern Sudan

a
SUDAN ERITREA votes on
Traditional Khartoum independence in a
north-south weeklong
boundary referendum that
begins Jan. 9.

ETHIOPIA Behind the vote

Abyei Follows a 2005 peace
Oil and
gas fields deal that ended more than
20 years of civil war
Juba, southern between the mainly
capital Christian south and mainly
450 km Muslim north
UGANDA KENYA
450 miles
The South at a glance
Size 247,000 sq.
Social conditions

mi. (639,700 sq.
Population About 8 million
Economy
• Desperately poor, despite the fact
that Sudan is third-largest oil
producer in sub-Saharan African
• Half the population lives on less
than $1 a day
• South splits oil revenue with North,
which controls pipeline; earns about
$2.1 billion a year, or 98% of budget
Social conditions
• Less than half of population has
access to clean drinking water
• Only about 10 percent of children
are fully vaccinated
• High infant and maternal mortality
rate; only about 10 percent of births
are attended by a skilled
practitioner
• Less than 15 percent literacy
© 2011 MCT
Source: McClatchy Washington Bureau, U.N.,
CIA World Factbook