Abyei
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- Settlement.name
- Abyei Special Administrative Area
- Settlement.native_name
- منطقة أبيي
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- mintaqat 'abyi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Area with special administrative status
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of the Abyei Area.png
- Settlement.image_seal
- Emblem of the Abyei Area.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Map of Abyei Area en.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 299px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Countries
- Settlement.seat_type
- Headquarters
- Settlement.seat
- Abyei Town
- Settlement.government_type
- Abyei Area Administration
- Settlement.leader_title
- Chief Administrator
- Settlement.leader_name
- Charles Abyei Jok
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Deputy Chief Administrator
- Settlement.established_title
- Comprehensive Peace Agreement
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Status dispute
- Abyei Protocol in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
- Abyei Borders Commission
- Renewed tensions and violence
- Arbitration by a panel under the Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Leadup to referendum
- Takeover by the SPLM
- Protests
- Pollution
- Ceasefire and enforcement
- Abyei Area Administration
- Structure
- Chief Administrators
- Towns and villages
- Oil reserves and production
- Notes and references
- Further reading
- External links
The Abyei Special Administrative Area () is an area of on the border between South Sudan and Sudan that has been accorded "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict (Abyei Protocol) in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. The capital of the Abyei Area is Abyei Town. Under the terms of the Abyei Protocol, the Abyei Area is considered, on an interim basis, to be simultaneously part of both the Republic of South Sudan and Republic of Sudan, effectively a condominium.
As part of the 2011 independence process, a separate referendum was to be held in Abyei on whether they wanted to join Sudan or South Sudan; however an official referendum was never held.