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Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, [1] in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan, near the international border with the Republic of the Sudan.It lies approximately 654 kilometers (406 miles), by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. [2]
This is a list of airports in South Sudan, sorted by location.. South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in east-central Africa bordered by Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda to the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the southwest, the Central African Republic to the west, and Sudan to the north.
The massacre at Bentiu greatly increased the animosity of Dinkas against ethnic Nuer in Bahr el Ghazal which had previously been largely peaceful and unaffected by the civil war. Families of Dinka soldiers killed at Bentiu attacked a Nuer SPLA soldier at Mapel, Western Bahr el Ghazal , in April 2014, resulting in inter-tribal clashes and the ...
Rubkona County is an administrative division of Unity State, South Sudan. [2]The administrative center is the town of Rubkona, across the Bahr el Ghazal River from the state capital Bentiu and the town of Yoynyang, which are also in Rubkona County.
Cities of South Sudan Juba, ... Bentiu (Bantiu) 7,700: Rubkona County: Unity State: Bor: 26,782 [1] ... List of cities in East Africa; References
Bentiu Airport is an airport in South Sudan. It is located just north of Rubkona , a town that sits across the Bahr el Ghazal River from Bentiu . Via El Salaam Bridge, the airport is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) by road from Bentiu.
It is located in Block 5A, an important oil-producing area in the north of South Sudan. [2] Leer is a 1.5-hour flight from Juba or a two-day bus drive from Juba , the capital of South Sudan. The roads are not usable in the rainy season, when the only means of travel is by boat on the River Nile. [ 3 ]
Nhialdiu (or Nhial Diu) is a large village in the Rubkona County of Unity State, in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Bentiu. Nhialdiu is in Leek Nuer country. [1]