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Yei. 260,720 [1] Yei River. Central Equatoria State. Yirol. 11,650. Yirol West County. Lakes State. * The status of Abyei is contested as of the date of South Sudanese independence – 9 July 2011.
South Sudan (/ s uː ˈ d ɑː n,-ˈ d æ n /), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in Central/East Africa. [16] It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the west by Central African Republic.
The city obtained a city status on 1 August 1988, [39] and since that it was administered by Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) and Kuching South City Council (MBKS). The city is defined within the borders of what is the Kuching District. With an area of 1,868.83 square kilometres, it is the most populous district in Sarawak. [45]
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is a United Nations peacekeeping mission for South Sudan, which became independent on 9 July 2011. UNMISS [1] was established on 8 July 2011 by United Nations Security Council Resolution 1996 (2011). Since December 2016, UNMISS has been led by the Secretary-General's Special Representative ...
South Sudan's modern history is closely tied to that of Sudan. These ties began in the 19th century with the southward expansion of the Ottoman Khedivate of Egypt and the establishment of Turco-Egyptian Sudan with the land that makes up modern South Sudan remaining a part of Sudan through the Mahdist State, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and the Republic ...
Juba (/ ˈdʒuːbə /) [2] is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the most recently declared national capital and had a population of 525,953 in 2017. It has an area of 52 km 2 (20 sq mi), with the metropolitan area covering 336 ...
Omdurman, the second most populated city Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Khartoum Bahri Port Sudan, ... List of cities in South Sudan; List of cities in East Africa;
Juba County is an administrative area in Central Equatoria state, South Sudan. [2] It is the largest county in Central Equatoria and one of the largest in the region of Equatoria. Its county seat is Juba, the national capital of the South Sudan. Its population according to the 2008 census conducted by Sudan, prior to South Sudanese independence ...