Sudan is a country in north-east Africa. The term Sudan may also refer to the following: Places Sudan (region), geographic region running across Africa just south of the Sahel Sudan, Iran, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran Sudan, Texas, a small town in Lamb County of West Texas in the United States Sudan, Yemen, a village in the San‘a’ Governorate in western central Yemen Sudan, Zira, a village in Punjab, India Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, the former state of Sudan Democratic Republic of the Sudan French Sudan, a former French colony, present day Mali Republic of the Sudan (1956–1969) South Sudan, a separate country, which declared independence from Sudan in 2011 Sudanian Savanna, a belt of tropical savanna across the African continent The Sudans People Madhusudan (disambiguation), the generic Indian name Gabriel Sudan, Romanian mathematician Madhu Sudan (born 1966), Indian computer scientist Dyes Sudan I Sudan II Sudan III Sudan IV Sudan Black B Sudan Red G Other uses Sudan (beverage), a traditional Korean punch Sudan (film), a 1945 historical drama Sudan (rhinoceros) (1973–2018), a northern white rhinoceros at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya Sudan (ship), the PS Sudan, a Nile steamer Sudan (tribe), a settled Bedouin tribe of the United Arab Emirates. Sudan function, in mathematics, named after Gabriel Sudan Sudan grass, a grass See also Soudan (disambiguation) SUDAAN, statistical software