Walgak is a town in the
Akobo County
Akobo County is a county in South Sudan.
Location
The county is located in Jonglei State, in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan, bordering the country of Ethiopia. The county headquarter is Akobo, located approximately , northeast of ...
of
Jonglei State
Jonglei State is a States of South Sudan, state of South Sudan with Bor, South Sudan, Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor District (South Sudan), Bor, Akobo County, Akobo, Ayod County, ...
in the
Greater Upper Nile
The Greater Upper Nile () is a region of northeastern South Sudan. It is named for the White Nile (it is its lowest portion in South Sudan), a tributary of the Nile River in North Africa, North and East Africa, East Africa.
History
The Greater ...
region of
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. 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 ...
. It made headlines as the location of the
February 2013 massacre of over 100 people in the ongoing
Murle-
Nuer conflict.
The Walgak area is susceptible to severe
flooding
A flood is an overflow of water ( or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide. Floods are of significant concern in agriculture, civi ...
.
Notes
References
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Populated places in Jonglei State
Akobo County
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