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Aroyo, South Sudan
Aroyo is a town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. Location Aroyo is located on the east bank of the Chel River, to the south of Marial Bai. There was a small airport just north of the town. In January 2012 it was reported that of road had been completed between Aweil to the east and Aroyo. The project lasted from February to December 2011. In August 2016 some parts of the road from Aweil to Aroyo had been washed away by the rains. Another road led to the B41 to the south. The B41 runs between Wau and Deim Zubeir. Recent events On 10 July 2014 a group of soldiers who had deserted laid siege to the compound of the African Kongdai construction company between Aroyo and Awoda. They looted food and medicine from the clinics. The affected communities took refuge near government buildings. The soldiers looted food and other household items from the compound and from villages around Aroyo and Awoda, loading what they had taken into a stolen vehicle. The displaced people, numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahr El Ghazal (region Of South Sudan)
The Bahr el Ghazal is a region of northwestern South Sudan. Its name came from the river Bahr el Ghazal River, Bahr el Ghazal. The name translates as "sea of gazelles" from Arabic. Geography Bahr el Ghazal borders the Central African Republic to the west. It is an area of swamps and ironstone plateaus inhabited mainly by the Dinka people, who make their living through subsistence farming and cattle herding plus Luwo and Fartit tribes. Administrative divisions Bahr el Ghazal consists of the following States of South Sudan, states: * Lakes (state), Lakes * Northern Bahr el Ghazal * Warrap (state), Warrap * Western Bahr el Ghazal * ''Abyei Area'' Between October 2015 and January 2020, the region consisted of the following states: * Eastern Lakes State * Gok State * Western Lakes State * Aweil East State * Aweil State * Tonj State * Twic State * Lol State * Wau State * Gogrial State * ''Abyei Area'' History It was historically subject to raids by the Fur (people), Fur invader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Bahr El Ghazal
Northern Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 30,543 km² and is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. It borders East Darfur in Sudan to the north, Western Bahr el Ghazal to the west and south, and Warrap and the disputed region of Abyei to the east. Aweil is the capital of the state. History Because of its proximity to Kordofan and the presence of a railway line through it to Wau, it suffered extensively in the 1983–2005 civil war in southern Sudan. North Bahr al Ghazal and adjacent parts of Western Kordofan to the north were among the most politically sensitive regions in Sudan. Missriya Arabs from Kordofan have interacted with Dinka in this region over a long time. While relations during the colonial era were largely peaceful, the war saw an upsurge in hostilities. Government backing to the Missriya gave them a decided advantage over local Dinka groups, and raiding by ''murahileen'' militias (and other government backed groups, including som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Africa Time
Central Africa Time or CAT, is a time zone used in central and southern Africa. Central Africa Time is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC+02:00), which is the same as the adjacent South Africa Standard Time, Egypt Standard Time, Eastern European Time, Kaliningrad Time and Central European Summer Time. As this time zone is in the equatorial and tropical regions, there is little change in day length throughout the year and so daylight saving time is not observed. Central Africa Time is observed by the following countries: * * * (eastern side only) * * * * * * * * The following countries in Africa also use an offset of UTC+02:00 all-year round: * (observes Egypt Standard Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) * (observes Eastern European Time) * (observes South African Standard Time) See also * Egypt Standard Time, an equivalent time zone covering Egypt, also at UTC+02:00 * Kaliningrad Time, an equivalent time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chel River
The Kuru River, or Chel River is a stream in the South Sudanese states of Western Bahr el Ghazal and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. It is a headwater of the Lol River. Course The Kuru or Chel River forms in the south of Western Bahr el Ghazal on the border with the Central African Republic. It flows north, passing the road that runs west to Deim Zubeir from Ibra on its east bank, and enters Northern Bahr el Ghazal. It is joined from the left by the Biri River at on the state boundary. The river passes Arroyo and joins a major tributary from the left around , just east of the Ashana Game Reserve. The river continues north to join the Magadhik River between Marial Bai to the west and Nyamlell to the west. The combined streams form the Loll or Lol River. Notes References Sources * * * See also * List of rivers of South Sudan This is a list of streams and rivers in South Sudan, arranged geographically by drainage basin. There is an alphabetic list at the end of this article. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marial Bai
Marial Bai is a village in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan. Marial Bai lies between the Magadhik River and Chel or Kuru River, which converge to form the Lol River. It is the real-life hometown of Valentino Achak Deng, the protagonist of the Dave Eggers Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He wrote the 2000 best-selling memoir ''A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius''. Eggers is also the founder of ''Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', a lite ... book, '' What is the What.'' Dave Eggers, 2006, ''What is the What'', (New York, Vintage Books). Devastated during Sudan's second civil war, Marial Bai now benefits from the efforts of thValentino Achak Deng Foundation which has constructed a new Marial Bai Secondary School. References External links The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation Bahr el Ghazal Lost Boys of Sudan Populated places in Northern Bahr el Ghazal {{SouthSudan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aweil, South Sudan
Aweil is a city in South Sudan and the capital of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal. Location Aweil is located in ''Aweil Centre County'', Aweil State, in northwestern South Sudan, near the International border with the Republic of Sudan and the Abyei Region. This location lies approximately , by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. The coordinates of Aweil are: 8° 46' 02.00"N, 27° 23' 59.00"E (Latitude: 8.7671; Longitude: 27.3998). Overview Aweil is the capital city of Northern Bahr el Ghazal. It is also the county seat of ''Aweil Centre County''. The city's infrastructure is relatively developed. Aweil now has a functioning railway station, hotel, airport, soccer stadium, and a public hospital. The city functions as a team site for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Several NGOs providing aid in South Sudan are based here. The topography is flat and is prone to flooding, although the city itself lies on higher ground that the surrounding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wau, South Sudan
Wau (Arabic: واو ''Wāw''; also known as Wow, Waw, or Wau Town) is a city in northwestern South Sudan, on the western bank of the Jur River, that serves as capital for Western Bahr el Ghazal (and formerly Wau State). It lies approximately northwest of the capital Juba. A culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse urban center and trading hub, Wau is also the former headquarters of Western Bahr el Ghazal. History Wau was initially established by the French as Fort Desaix and later was established as a ''zariba'' (fortified base) by slave-traders in the 19th century. During the time of condominium rule, the city became an administrative center. One of the first insurgent Anyanya attacks on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) took place on the Wau barracks in January 1964. During the Second Sudanese Civil War, Wau remained a SAF garrison town. It was the scene of extensive fighting in the spring of 1998. Battles erupted again in the town in the spring of 1980s, killing s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deim Zubeir
Deim Zubeir, from the Arabic ديم الزبير Daim az-Zubayr" commonly translated as the "Camp of Zubeir", is the historically established but highly controversial name of Uyujuku town in the Western Bahr el Ghazal of the Republic of South Sudan, located in the Western Bahr El Ghazal part of the country, some 70 km from the border with the Central African Republic (CAR), near the Biri tributary of the River Chel. Due to different transliterations from the Arabic, the name components are also spelled in various combinations Dem, Dehm, Deym, Dam, Daym or Daim, and Zubair, Zubayr, Zoubair, Zoubeir, Zoubayr, Zobeir, Ziber, Zebehr, or Zubier, respectively. The historical remains of the slave camp have been designated a potential UNESCO World Heritage Centre site. In the collective memory of South Sudanese people, the very name Deim Zubeir rings as a synonym for millennia of slavery, at least since Pharaonic times. Stefano Santandrea (1966) had written a lexicon and gramma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awoda
Awoda is a village in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan. Location Awoda is located on the road leading south from Aroyo to the B41. The B41 runs between Wau and Deim Zubeir. There is a small airstrip to the southeast of the village. The Awoda Primary Health Care Centre is to the northwest of the village center. Health problems A 2001 report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) noted that the villagers were suffering from waterborne diseases such as Guinea worm, river blindness and cholera Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ..., which could be reduced if the people were given the infrastructure and taught how to build good riverbed wells, and were given water and sanitation education. Other problems included sexually t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aweil Center County
Aweil Center County is an administrative area in Northern Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the .... References Counties of South Sudan Northern Bahr el Ghazal {{SouthSudan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aweil State
Aweil State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Bahr el Ghazal region and it borders Gogrial to the east, Lol to the west, Aweil East to the north, and Wau to the south. Its capital and largest city was Aweil. History The area was originally part of the state of Northern Bahr el Ghazal. On 2 October 2015, President Salva Kiir issued a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 constitutionally established states. The decree established the new states largely along ethnic lines. A number of opposition parties and civil society groups challenged the constitutionality of the decree. Kiir later resolved to take it to parliament for approval as a constitutional amendment. In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states. Ronald Ruai Deng was appointed Governor on 24 December. On 22 February 2020, a compromise led President Salva Kiir to revert the map of South Sudan t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juba
Juba () 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 world's newest capital city to be elevated as such, and had a population of 525,953 in 2017. It has an area of , with the metropolitan area covering . Juba was established in 1920–21 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in a small Bari village, also called Juba. The city was made as the capital of Mongalla Province in the late 1920s. The growth of the town accelerated following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, which made Juba the capital of the Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan. Juba became the capital of South Sudan in 2011 after its independence, but influential parties wanted Ramciel to be the capital. The government announced the move of the capital to Ramciel, but it is yet to occur. History Under the Khedivate of Egypt, Juba served as the southernmost garrison of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
