Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan)

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geographical region historical region

The Greater Upper Nile region in South Sudan is a historically significant and oil-rich area in the northeast of the country, inhabited by diverse ethnic groups and frequently affected by conflict and displacement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan) canonical 1
Upper Nile region 1
Upper Nile region of South Sudan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativeHistory informal macro-region rather than formal state ⓘ
part of Southern Sudan in Sudan before 2011 ⓘ
affectedBy humanitarian crises ⓘ
large-scale internal displacement ⓘ
borderedBy Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Bahr el Ghazal region (South Sudan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greater Equatoria region (South Sudan) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalLikeCity Malakal NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
conflict Second Sudanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Sudanese Civil War (2013–2018) NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Jonglei State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Unity State NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Nile State NERFINISHED ⓘ
country South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy oil sector dominated ⓘ
ecosystem Sudd wetlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anuak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dinka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nuer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shilluk NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Government of South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEvent 2013–2014 fighting between government and opposition forces ⓘ
hasInfrastructure oil fields ⓘ
oil pipelines ⓘ
hasIssue cattle raiding ⓘ
flooding ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
inter-ethnic violence ⓘ
hasNaturalResource crude oil ⓘ
natural gas (associated) ⓘ
knownFor armed conflict ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
population displacement ⓘ
language Arabic (Juba Arabic and Sudanese Arabic) ⓘ
Dinka language NERFINISHED ⓘ
English ⓘ
Nuer language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern South Sudan ⓘ
majorCity Bentiu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bor NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Upper Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
traversedBy White Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Nyuong Nuer → spokenIn → Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan) ⓘ
Padang Dinka → region → Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region of South Sudan
Anuak language → linguisticArea → Greater Upper Nile region (South Sudan) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Nile region