Independence of South Sudan
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The Independence of South Sudan was the 2011 event in which South Sudan formally seceded from Sudan to become the world's newest sovereign state.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Independence of South Sudan canonical | 1 |
| South Sudan independence 2011 | 1 |
| South Sudanese independence referendum | 1 |
| Southern Sudan referendum on independence | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9260507 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Independence of South Sudan Context triple: [South Sudanese pound, introducedAfterEvent, Independence of South Sudan]
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A.
Biafran secession
Biafran secession was the attempt by the predominantly Igbo eastern region of Nigeria to break away and form the independent Republic of Biafra between 1967 and 1970, leading to a devastating civil war.
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B.
Sudanese independence movement
The Sudanese independence movement was a mid-20th-century nationalist struggle that united diverse Sudanese groups to end joint British-Egyptian rule and establish Sudan as a sovereign state.
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C.
Independence of Zanzibar
The Independence of Zanzibar refers to the 1963 end of British colonial rule over the Zanzibar Sultanate, leading to its brief status as a sovereign state before uniting with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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D.
Independence of Tanganyika
The Independence of Tanganyika marks the 1961 end of British colonial rule and the emergence of Tanganyika as a sovereign state, which later united with Zanzibar to form modern-day Tanzania.
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E.
Somaliland War of Independence
The Somaliland War of Independence was an armed struggle in the late 1980s and early 1990s by the Somali National Movement and allied groups to end Siad Barre’s rule in northwestern Somalia and lay the groundwork for the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Independence of South Sudan Target entity description: The Independence of South Sudan was the 2011 event in which South Sudan formally seceded from Sudan to become the world's newest sovereign state.
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A.
Biafran secession
Biafran secession was the attempt by the predominantly Igbo eastern region of Nigeria to break away and form the independent Republic of Biafra between 1967 and 1970, leading to a devastating civil war.
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B.
Sudanese independence movement
The Sudanese independence movement was a mid-20th-century nationalist struggle that united diverse Sudanese groups to end joint British-Egyptian rule and establish Sudan as a sovereign state.
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C.
Independence of Zanzibar
The Independence of Zanzibar refers to the 1963 end of British colonial rule over the Zanzibar Sultanate, leading to its brief status as a sovereign state before uniting with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.
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D.
Independence of Tanganyika
The Independence of Tanganyika marks the 1961 end of British colonial rule and the emergence of Tanganyika as a sovereign state, which later united with Zanzibar to form modern-day Tanzania.
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E.
Somaliland War of Independence
The Somaliland War of Independence was an armed struggle in the late 1980s and early 1990s by the Somali National Movement and allied groups to end Siad Barre’s rule in northwestern Somalia and lay the groundwork for the self-declared Republic of Somaliland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
event
ⓘ
independence declaration ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| associatedDispute | Abyei status dispute GENERATED ⓘ |
| associatedIssue | oil revenue sharing ⓘ |
| AUAdmissionDate | 2011-07-27 ⓘ |
| capitalOfNewState | Juba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celebratedAs | Independence Day of South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceremonialLeaderPresent | Salva Kiir Mayardit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| continentOfNewState | Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryFormed | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countrySeparatedFrom | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | 2011-07-09 ⓘ |
| flagLoweredOf | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flagRaisedAt | Juba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flagRaisedOf | South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerColonialHistoryContext | Anglo-Egyptian Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| formerCountryName | Southern Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| independenceDay | July 9 ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialActs | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Juba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCityInvolved | Juba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| newCountryOfficialName | Republic of South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedBy | international community ⓘ |
| peaceProcessPartner |
Government of Sudan
NERFINISHED
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Sudan People’s Liberation Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Comprehensive Peace Agreement
NERFINISHED
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Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededByEvent | 2011 Southern Sudanese independence referendum ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
African Union
NERFINISHED
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Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| referendumSupportPercentage | about 98.8% ⓘ |
| region | East-Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedAgreement | Naivasha Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConflict |
First Sudanese Civil War
NERFINISHED
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Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
South Sudan became a sovereign state
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South Sudan became the newest country in the world at the time NERFINISHED ⓘ creation of the Republic of South Sudan ⓘ |
| roleOfSalvaKiir | became first President of South Sudan ⓘ |
| significance |
created the first new internationally recognized African state of the 21st century
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marked the partition of Sudan into two countries ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| triggeredBorderIssuesWith | Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| UNMemberNumber | 193 ⓘ |
| UNMembershipDate | 2011-07-14 ⓘ |
| year | 2011 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Independence of South Sudan Description of subject: The Independence of South Sudan was the 2011 event in which South Sudan formally seceded from Sudan to become the world's newest sovereign state.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
South Sudanese independence referendum
this entity surface form:
South Sudan independence 2011
this entity surface form:
Southern Sudan referendum on independence