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Greater Upper Nile

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region in South Sudan

Key facts

Country
South Sudan
Region
Greater Upper Nile
Capital
Malakal
Total
236,208 km (91,200 sq mi)
Density
17.441/km (45.172/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+2 ( CAT )

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Located in
South Sudan
Area
236208
Image
South Sudan Lucy digger.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

The Greater Upper Nile (Arabic: منطقة أعالي النيل, romanized: A'Ali An Nil) is a region of northeastern South Sudan. It is named for the White Nile (it is its lowest portion in South Sudan), a tributary of the Nile River in North and East Africa.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greater Upper Nile” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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