Southern Sudan region

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The Southern Sudan region is a historically significant area in northeastern Africa, characterized by its diverse Nilotic and other ethnic groups and long-standing patterns of migration and cultural exchange.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
borderedBy Central African Republic
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Kenya
Northern Sudan region
linked to: Northern Sudan

Uganda
capitalCityWithinRegion Juba
climateType tropical savanna climate
tropical wetland climate
colonialAdministration Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
contains Bahr el Ghazal region
linked to: Bahr el Ghazal

Equatoria region
Sudd wetlands
linked to: Sudd

Upper Nile region
linked to: Greater Upper Nile
economyHistoricallyBasedOn fishing
pastoralism
subsistence agriculture
historicallyPopulatedBy Azande people
linked to: Zande people

Bari people
Dinka people
Lotuko people
Nilotic peoples
Nuer people
linked to: Nuer

Shilluk people
linked to: Shilluk

Toposa people
historicalPeriod Anglo-Egyptian Sudan period
Turco-Egyptian rule
post-independence Sudan (after 1956)
pre-colonial era
knownFor cultural exchange
ethnic diversity
long-distance migration patterns
languageFamily Bantu languages (minority)
Central Sudanic languages
Nilotic languages
locatedIn Northeastern Africa
linked to: Northeast Africa

South Sudan
Sudan
modernSuccessor Republic of South Sudan
linked to: South Sudan
partOf Sudan (pre-2011)
linked to: Sudan
religiousComposition Christianity
Islam (minority)
traditional African religions
resultedIn Comprehensive Peace Agreement (2005)
creation of the Republic of South Sudan (2011)
significantEvent First Sudanese Civil War
Second Sudanese Civil War
traversedBy White Nile

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Luo people of Kenya migrationOrigin Southern Sudan region
Luo people of Uganda ancestralOrigin Southern Sudan region
Anyanya region Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Addis Ababa Agreement created Southern Sudan Autonomous Region
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Addis Ababa Agreement implementedBy Southern Sudan Regional Government
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Addis Ababa Agreement regionConcerned Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Torit mutiny location Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Anyanya guerrilla movement region Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Anyanya Rebellion location Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Northern Sudan historicallyOpposed Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Northern Sudan contrastWith Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Sudan People’s Liberation Army region Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Comprehensive Peace Agreement addressedTerritory Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
War in Sudan involvesRegion Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
UNMIS operatedIn Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Greater Upper Nile historicallyPartOf Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
John Garang placeOfDeath Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Governor-General of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan hasJurisdictionOver Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Independence of South Sudan formerCountryName Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Acholi language region Southern South Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Kenyan Luo ancestralOrigin Southern Sudan region
The Dinka of the Sudan setIn Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region
Kadu peoples locatedIn Southern Sudan
linked to: Southern Sudan region