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Key facts
- Country
- South Sudan
- Region
- Greater Upper Nile
- Capital
- Bentiu
- Type
- State
- Governor
- Joseph Monytuil
- Total
- 37,836.39 km (14,608.71 sq mi)
- Density
- 21.80/km (56.45/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Iso 3166 code
- SS-UY
- Hdi 2021
- 0.344 , low · 7th of 10
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Unity State is a state in South Sudan. Unity State is in the Greater Upper Nile region. Unity is inhabited predominantly by two ethnic groups: the Nuer, and the Dinka.
In 2015, a presidential decree established a new system of 28 states, replacing the previously established 10. Unity State was replaced by the states of Ruweng, Northern Liech and Southern Liech. Unity State was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020 with smaller boundaries as the northern part of the former state became the Ruweng Administrative Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Unity” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.