Rumbek
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OverviewAI-generated
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.
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- 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
- Country
- South Sudan
- 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)
via Wikidata · CC0
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)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- 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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