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Rumbek
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Rumbek is a human settlement located in the Lakes region of South Sudan. It serves as the capital of the Lakes administrative territorial entity. The town is situated at an elevation of 420 meters above sea level, with coordinates at 6.8, 29.683333333333.

The population of Rumbek is 32,083. It falls within the Africa/Juba timezone. Current weather conditions in the area include a temperature of 27.83, humidity of 58, pressure of 1011, and wind speed of 1.79.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality
Rumbek
Region
Lakes البحيرات
Country
South Sudan جنوب السودان
Population
32,083
Timezone
Africa/Juba

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Rumbek
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Cattle Herders at Cattle Camp in Rumbek, South Sudan.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
300px
Settlement.image_caption
A cattle camp in Rumbek
Settlement.pushpin_map
South Sudan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in South Sudan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bahr el Ghazal
Settlement.subdivision_type2
State
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Lakes State
Settlement.subdivision_type3
County
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Rumbek Centre County
Settlement.founder
Alphonse de Malzac (1858)
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
32100 Estimate

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Located in
Lakes
Elevation
420
Capital of
Lakes
Image
Cattle Herders at Cattle Camp in Rumbek, South Sudan.jpg
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Commons category
Rumbek
topic's main category
Category:Rumbek
Sources (2)

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Travel guide

Get in

The small Rumbek Airport is served mostly by charter flights. Golden Wings Aviation offers flights from Khartoum and Juba several times a week.

The A43 road between Juba and Wau passes by here, most of it is unpaved.

Stay safe

See the warning on the South Sudan article for information on the security situation.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

~5 min read

Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • Overview
  • Population
  • Transportation
  • Climate
  • Points of interest
  • Schools in Rumbek
  • Community development
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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Rumbek () is the capital of Lakes State in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. For a period from 2005, it also served as the administrative capital of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region.

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

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