Lado is a small settlement in
Central Equatoria in
South Sudan
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, on the west bank of the
White Nile. It is situated north of the modern-day city of
Juba
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.
When
General Gordon was appointed governor of the Egyptian territory of
Equatoria in 1874, he moved his capital from
Gondokoro to Lado, which had a healthier climate.
In 1878
Emin Pasha was appointed Bey of
Equatoria, then nominally under Egyptian control, with his base at Lado.
At one point the settlement was capital of the
Lado Enclave. Travelling through Africa, Russian explorer
Wilhelm Junker stayed in Lado in 1884, and wrote complimentarily of its brick buildings and neat streets.
[Middleton, p. 300]
References
Sources
* Middleton, J. (1971) "Colonial rule among the Lugbara" in ''Colonialism in Africa, 1870-1960, vol. 3.'', (ed. Turner, V.), Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. .
Populated places in Central Equatoria
Juba County
Lado Enclave
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