Soudan
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Soudan may refer to:
- The French name (and former English name) for SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
- The French name for French SudanFrench SudanFrench Sudan was a colony in French West Africa that had two separate periods of existence, first from 1890 to 1899, then from 1920 to 1960, when the territory became the independent nation of Mali.-Colonial establishment:...
(present day MaliMaliMali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...
) - Soudan, MinnesotaSoudan, MinnesotaSoudan is an unincorporated community in Breitung Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.The community is located immediately east of the city of Tower on MN Highway 169 / MN Highway 1....
, an unincorporated town near Tower, MinnesotaTower, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there are 479 people in the city, organized into 233 households and 137 families. The population density is 176.8 people per square mile . There are 295 housing units at an average density of 108.9 per square mile...
- The Soudan Mine
- Soudan 1Soudan 1Soudan 1 was a particle detector located in the Soudan Mine in Northern Minnesota, United States. It was a 30 ton iron tracking calorimeter whose primary purpose was to search for proton decay. It set a lower limit on the lifetime of the proton of 1.6×1030 years as well as upper limits on the...
and Soudan 2, particle detectors located in the Soudan Mine
- Either of two communes in France:
- Soudan, Loire-AtlantiqueSoudan, Loire-AtlantiqueSoudan is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-Geography:The river Verzée rises in the north-western part of the commune, then flows eastward through its northern part; the river Chère rises in the southern part of the commune, then flows northwestward through its western...
, in the Loire-AtlantiqueLoire-AtlantiqueLoire-Atlantique is a department on the west coast of France named after the Loire River and the Atlantic Ocean.-History:...
département - Soudan, Deux-SèvresSoudan, Deux-SèvresSoudan is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in western France.-References:*...
, in the Deux-SèvresDeux-SèvresDeux-Sèvres is a French département. Deux-Sèvres literally means "two Sèvres": the Sèvre Nantaise and the Sèvre Niortaise are two rivers which have their sources in the department.-History:...
département
- Soudan, Loire-Atlantique