South Sudan (
i/ˌsaʊθ suːˈdæn/ or /suːˈdɑːn/), officially theRepublic of South Sudan, is
a landlocked country in northeastern Africa that
gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Its
current capital is Juba,
which is also its largest city. The capital city is planned to be changed to
the more centrally located Ramciel in the future. South
Sudan is bordered by the Republic
of Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to
the east, Kenya to
the southeast, Uganda to
the south, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo to
the southwest, and the Central African Republic to the west.
It includes the vast swamp region
of the Sudd,
formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al
Jabal.
i/ˌsaʊθ suːˈdæn/ or /suːˈdɑːn/), officially theRepublic of South Sudan, is
a landlocked country in northeastern Africa that
gained its independence from Sudan in 2011. Its
current capital is Juba,
which is also its largest city. The capital city is planned to be changed to
the more centrally located Ramciel in the future. South
Sudan is bordered by the Republic
of Sudan to the north, Ethiopia to
the east, Kenya to
the southeast, Uganda to
the south, theDemocratic Republic of the Congo to
the southwest, and the Central African Republic to the west.
It includes the vast swamp region
of the Sudd,
formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al
Jabal.
The territories of modern South Sudan and the Republic of Sudan were occupied
by Egypt under
the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, and later governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese
independence was achieved in 1956. Following the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous
Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon
developed and ended with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of
2005. Later that year, southern autonomy was restored when anAutonomous Government of
Southern Sudan was formed.
South Sudan became an independent
state on 9 July 2011, following a referendum that
passed with 98.83% of the vote. It
is a United Nations member state, a
member state of the African Union, and
a member state of the Intergovernmental Authority
on Development. In
July 2012, South Sudan signed the Geneva Conventions. South
Sudan has suffered internal conflict since
its independence.
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