Bor
E487049
Bor is a major town in South Sudan’s Jonglei State, situated on the White Nile and serving as an important regional administrative and transport hub.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bor canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
populated place
ⓘ
settlement ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeDivisionOf | Jonglei State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | tropical savanna climate ⓘ |
| conflict | South Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continent | Africa ⓘ |
| country | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToJuba_km | approximately 190 ⓘ |
| elevation_m | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Dinka Bor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | Jonglei State government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAdministrativeFunction |
county headquarters of Bor County
ⓘ
seat of Jonglei State government ⓘ |
| hasAirport | Bor Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cattle herding
ⓘ
river trade ⓘ small-scale agriculture ⓘ |
| hasEducationalInstitution | Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
administrative offices
ⓘ
market area ⓘ river port facilities ⓘ |
| hasReligiousInstitution |
churches
ⓘ
mosques ⓘ |
| hasTransport |
river transport
ⓘ
road transport ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | Bor mutiny of 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | site of early stages of the Second Sudanese Civil War ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Arabic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Jonglei State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBasin | Nile Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountryCapitalRegion | east of Juba ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicalFeature | Sudd region vicinity ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Juba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Greater Upper Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverBank | eastern bank of the White Nile ⓘ |
| role |
regional administrative hub
ⓘ
regional transport hub ⓘ state capital of Jonglei State ⓘ |
| subdivisionName | Bor County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subdivisionType | county headquarters ⓘ |
| timeZone | East Africa Time ⓘ |
| utcOffset | +3 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.