South Sudan

E42878

landlocked country sovereign state wetland

South Sudan is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa that gained independence from Sudan in 2011 and has since faced ongoing political instability and humanitarian challenges.

Aliases (1)

Southern Sudan ×2

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landlocked country → sovereign state →
AUMemberStateSince	2011 →
borderCountry	Central African Republic → Democratic Republic of the Congo → Ethiopia → Kenya → Sudan → Uganda →
callingCode	+211 →
capital	Juba →
civilWarStartYear	2013 →
climate	tropical →
conflict	South Sudanese Civil War →
contains	Sudd →
continent	Africa →
currency	South Sudanese pound →
currencyCode	SSP →
dateOfIndependence	2011-07-09 →
demonym	South Sudanese →
drivesOnThe	right →
governmentType	republic →
HDICategory	low human development →
headOfStateTitle	President →
independenceFrom	Sudan →
internetTLD	.ss →
joinedEastAfricanCommunity	2016 →
landlocked	true →
largestCity	Juba →
legislature	National Legislature →
lowerHouse	Transitional National Legislative Assembly →
mainEthnicGroup	Dinka → Nuer → Shilluk →
majorRiver	White Nile →
memberOf	African Union → East African Community → Intergovernmental Authority on Development → United Nations →
numberOfStates	10 →
officialLanguage	English →
peaceAgreement	Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan →
region	East-Central Africa →
religionMajority	Christianity →
religionMinority	Islam → traditional African religions →
subdivisionType	state →
SuddInstanceOf	wetland →
timeZone	UTC+3 →
UNMemberStateSince	2011-07-14 →
upperHouse	Council of States →

Referenced by (69)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adamawa–Ubangi languages → Central Banda languages → Central Sudanic languages → Dinka language → Eastern Sudanic languages → Koman languages → Lingala → Niger–Congo languages → Nilo-Saharan languages → Nilo-Saharan phylum → Nilo-Saharian → Nuer language → Omotic languages → Sudanese Arabic →	spokenIn
Council of Ministers of the East African Community → East African Legislative Assembly → Juba Arabic → Nile Valley → White Nile →	country
Central African Republic → Kenya → Uganda →	borderCountry
ECCAS → East African Community → IGAD →	memberState
Blue Nile → White Nile →	basinCountry
Democratic Republic of the Congo → Kidepo Valley National Park →	border
Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → Intergovernmental Authority on Development →	hasMember
First Sudanese Civil War ("Southern Sudan") → Second Sudanese Civil War ("Southern Sudan") →	location
East Africa Time → FET →	usedInCountry
Bureau of African Affairs →	appliesPolicyTo
Secretariat of the East African Community →	appliesToJurisdiction
Ethiopia →	borderedBy
Sub-Saharan Africa →	contains
Northeast Africa →	countryIncludes
Coptic Christmas →	countryObservedIn
David Nyuol Vincent →	countryOfBirth
United Nations Mission in South Sudan →	countryServed
Equatorial Lakes region →	crossesCountry
Luo people →	diaspora
White Nile →	flowsThrough
Nile →	flowsThroughCountry
Nile →	hasBasinCountry
Sudan →	hasBorderWith
OPEC+ →	hasKeyMember
East African Community →	hasMemberState
Central Africa →	hasPart
United Nations Mission in South Sudan →	headquartersLocation
northern white rhinoceros →	historicalRange
East Africa →	includesCountry
East African Court of Justice →	jurisdictionOver
United Nations Mission in South Sudan →	locatedIn
Mahdist Sudan →	locatedInPresentDay
Nile Basin Initiative →	member
Lake Chad Basin →	partlyIn
David Nyuol Vincent →	placeOfBirth
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Nuer language →	primaryCountry
Juba Arabic →	region
Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan →	responsibleFor
ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa →	servesCountry
Central European Summer Time →	usedIn
East African shilling →	usedInFutureBy
David Nyuol Vincent →	workArea