South Sudan

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Quick Facts
Capital	Juba
Government	Federal Presidential Democratic Republic
Currency	Sudanese Pound (SDG)
Area	total: 619,745 km2
Population	7,500,000–9,700,000 (2006 est.)
Language	English (official), Juba Arabic (official), Dinka, others
Religion	Christianity, indigenous beliefs 25%, Islam
Country code	+249
Time Zone	GMT+3

South Sudan is a country in East Africa. Formerly a breakaway region of Sudan, it became an independent country on 9 July 2011 after a referendum was held in January that year.

Regions

• Central Equatoria
• East Equatoria
• Junqali
• Lakes District
• North Bahr al Ghazal
• Unity
• Upper Nile
• Warab
• West Equatoria
• West Bahr al Ghazal

Cities

• Juba
• Aweil
• Bentiu
• Bor
• Malakal
• Nimule
• Rumbek
• Torit
• Yambio

Other destinations

• Boma National Park

Understand

Climate

Terrain

History

Talk

English and Arabic (Juba Arabic) are the official languages of South Sudan; however, Dinka is the most widely spoken language.

Get in

By plane

There are currently no direct commercial flights from outside Africa. So, changing planes is necessary; most airlines flying into Juba depart from Cairo (Egypt), Entebbe (Uganda) or Nairobi (Kenya) to/from where you should be able to manage flights to Europe, Asia or the Americas.

See

Itineraries

Do

• River Tours by swamp boat operated by Bahr El Jebel Safaris[1].

Get out

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