Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)

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The Greater Upper Nile region in South Sudan is a historically significant and oil-rich area in the northeast of the country, inhabited by diverse ethnic groups and frequently affected by conflict and displacement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeHistory informal macro-region rather than formal state ⓘ
part of Southern Sudan in Sudan before 2011 ⓘ
affectedBy humanitarian crises ⓘ
large-scale internal displacement ⓘ
borderedBy Ethiopia ⓘ
Greater Bahr el Ghazal region (South Sudan) ⓘ
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal

Greater Equatoria region (South Sudan) ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
capitalLikeCity Malakal ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
conflict Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2018) ⓘ
contains Jonglei State ⓘ
Unity State ⓘ
Upper Nile State ⓘ
country South Sudan ⓘ
economy oil sector dominated ⓘ
ecosystem Sudd wetlands ⓘ
linked to: Sudd
ethnicGroup Anuak ⓘ
Dinka ⓘ
Murle ⓘ
Nuer ⓘ
Shilluk ⓘ
governedBy Government of South Sudan ⓘ
hasEvent 2013–2014 fighting between government and opposition forces ⓘ
hasInfrastructure oil fields ⓘ
oil pipelines ⓘ
hasIssue cattle raiding ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
inter-ethnic violence ⓘ
hasNaturalResource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas (associated) ⓘ
knownFor armed conflict ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
population displacement ⓘ
language Arabic (Juba Arabic and Sudanese Arabic) ⓘ
Dinka language ⓘ
English ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern South Sudan ⓘ
majorCity Bentiu ⓘ
Bor ⓘ
namedAfter Upper Nile ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
partOf South Sudan ⓘ
traversedBy White Nile ⓘ

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Nyuong Nuer → spokenIn → Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan) ⓘ
Padang Dinka → region → Upper Nile region of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Anuak language → linguisticArea → Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Salva Kiir Mayardit → regionGoverned → Equatoria, Bahr el Ghazal, and Greater Upper Nile (as parts of South Sudan) ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Shilluk language → spokenIn → Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Nilotic Sudan → partlyLocatedIn → Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Reth → hasJurisdictionOver → Shilluk territory along the White Nile ⓘ
subject linked to: reth
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
South Kordofan → borderWith → Unity (state, South Sudan) ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Cush (son of Ham) → associatedWithRegion → Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Padang variety of Dinka → region → Upper Nile region of South Sudan ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)
Akobo River → flowsThrough → Greater Upper Nile region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)