Southern Sudan region

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The Southern Sudan region is a historically significant area in northeastern Africa, characterized by its diverse Nilotic and other ethnic groups and long-standing patterns of migration and cultural exchange.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Central African Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Northern Sudan region ⓘ
linked to: Northern Sudan

Uganda ⓘ
capitalCityWithinRegion Juba ⓘ
climateType tropical savanna climate ⓘ
tropical wetland climate ⓘ
colonialAdministration Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
contains Bahr el Ghazal region ⓘ
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal

Equatoria region ⓘ
Sudd wetlands ⓘ
linked to: Sudd

Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
economyHistoricallyBasedOn fishing ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
historicallyPopulatedBy Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people

Bari people ⓘ
Dinka people ⓘ
Lotuko people ⓘ
Nilotic peoples ⓘ
Nuer people ⓘ
linked to: Nuer

Shilluk people ⓘ
linked to: Shilluk

Toposa people ⓘ
historicalPeriod Anglo-Egyptian Sudan period ⓘ
Turco-Egyptian rule ⓘ
post-independence Sudan (after 1956) ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ
knownFor cultural exchange ⓘ
ethnic diversity ⓘ
long-distance migration patterns ⓘ
languageFamily Bantu languages (minority) ⓘ
Central Sudanic languages ⓘ
Nilotic languages ⓘ
locatedIn Northeastern Africa ⓘ
linked to: Northeast Africa

South Sudan ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
modernSuccessor Republic of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: South Sudan
partOf Sudan (pre-2011) ⓘ
linked to: Sudan
religiousComposition Christianity ⓘ
Islam (minority) ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
resultedIn Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005) ⓘ
creation of the Republic of South Sudan (2011) ⓘ
significantEvent First Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
traversedBy White Nile ⓘ

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Luo people of Kenya → migrationOrigin → Southern Sudan region ⓘ
Luo people of Uganda → ancestralOrigin → Southern Sudan region ⓘ
Anyanya → region → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Addis Ababa Agreement → created → Southern Sudan Autonomous Region ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Addis Ababa Agreement → implementedBy → Southern Sudan Regional Government ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Addis Ababa Agreement → regionConcerned → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Torit mutiny → location → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Anyanya guerrilla movement → region → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Anyanya Rebellion → location → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Northern Sudan → historicallyOpposed → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Northern Sudan → contrastWith → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Sudan People’s Liberation Army → region → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Comprehensive Peace Agreement → addressedTerritory → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
War in Sudan → involvesRegion → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
UNMIS → operatedIn → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Greater Upper Nile → historicallyPartOf → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
John Garang → placeOfDeath → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Governor-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → hasJurisdictionOver → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Independence of South Sudan → formerCountryName → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Acholi language → region → Southern South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Kenyan Luo → ancestralOrigin → Southern Sudan region ⓘ
The Dinka of the Sudan → setIn → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Kadu peoples → locatedIn → Southern Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Southern Sudan region