Unity State

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Unity State is an oil-rich region in northern South Sudan that became a major battleground and humanitarian crisis zone during the South Sudanese Civil War.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Unity State canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division ⓘ
state of South Sudan ⓘ
administrativeChange reconstituted in 2020 peace deal ⓘ
split into several states in 2015 ⓘ
borderedBy Jonglei State ⓘ
Lakes State ⓘ
Ruweng Administrative Area ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Warrap State ⓘ
capital Bentiu ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
contains oil fields ⓘ
containsFeature floodplains ⓘ
swamps ⓘ
containsSettlement Abiemnom ⓘ
Bentiu ⓘ
Guit ⓘ
Koch ⓘ
Leer ⓘ
Mayom ⓘ
Panyijiar ⓘ
Pariang ⓘ
Rubkona ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
experienced famine risk ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
humanitarian crisis ⓘ
mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
widespread violence against civilians ⓘ
governedBy Governor of Unity State ⓘ
hasConflictType ethnic conflict ⓘ
resource conflict ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Dinka people ⓘ
Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer
hasNaturalResource oil ⓘ
hasSector cattle herding ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
knownFor oil production ⓘ
locatedIn East Africa ⓘ
northern South Sudan ⓘ
partOf Greater Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
traversedBy White Nile ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ
wasBattlegroundIn Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
wasPartOf Southern Sudan (Sudan) ⓘ
linked to: South Sudan

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

South Sudanese Civil War → location → Unity State ⓘ
Jonglei → bordersWith → Unity State ⓘ
Lakes State → borderedBy → Unity State ⓘ
Jonglei State → borders → Unity State ⓘ
Naath → populationCenter → Unity State ⓘ
SPLM-IO → regionOfActivity → Unity State ⓘ
Upper Nile State → borders → Unity State ⓘ
Lakes State → borderedBy → Unity State ⓘ
subject linked to: Lakes region