Greater Upper Nile

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historical region region of South Sudan

Greater Upper Nile is a historically significant region in northeastern South Sudan, known for its oil resources, conflict-affected history, and large Dinka population.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Upper Nile region 11
Upper Nile 5
Greater Upper Nile region 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
region of South Sudan ⓘ
borderedBy Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Bahr el Ghazal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Equatoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType civil war ⓘ
inter-ethnic violence ⓘ
containsAdministrativeArea Jonglei State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unity State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Nile State NERFINISHED ⓘ
country South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dinka people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuer people NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity oil production ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasIssue armed conflict ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
humanitarian crisis ⓘ
internal displacement ⓘ
hasMajorCity Bentiu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bor NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malakal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorTown Akobo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nasir NERFINISHED ⓘ
Renk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalResource natural gas ⓘ
petroleum ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Southern Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor conflict-affected history ⓘ
large Dinka population ⓘ
oil resources ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ
English ⓘ
Nuer language ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern South Sudan ⓘ
partOf Upper Nile region NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Traditional African religions ⓘ
traversedBy White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasMajorTheatreOf Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasUnderAdministrationOf Government of South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Government of Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dinka people → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
Dinka → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
Blue Nile State → wasPartOf → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Upper Nile region
Gordon Relief Expedition → theatreOfOperations → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile
Nuer → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Nuer → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Upper Nile, South Sudan
Shilluk → traditionalTerritory → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Upper Nile Valley → partOf → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Thok Naath → spokenIn → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Jagei Nuer → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Upper Nile region (approximate)
Dok Nuer → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Upper Nile region (approximate)
Lak Nuer → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Nilotic peoples → hasEthnogenesisRegion → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Gawar Nuer → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Bahr el Ghazal → borderedBy → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Upper Nile region
Western Nilotic languages → geographicDistribution → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Eastern Nilotic languages → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Fertile Crescent → traversedBy → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile
Cush → associatedWith → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region
Jonglei → partOf → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Upper Nile region
Anyanya → operationalArea → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile
Anyanya guerrilla movement → operationalArea → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile
Anyanya Rebellion → region → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile
Blue Nile region → borders → Greater Upper Nile ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region