Juba
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| Coordinates | 4 ° 51 ′ N , 31 ° 36 ′ E | ||
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| Country | South Sudan | ||
| State | Jubek | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | SS | ||
| height | 550 m | ||
| Residents | 500,000 (2017) | ||
| founding | 1922 | ||
 View of part of Juba from the air
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Juba , German spelling Juba ([ dʒuːbɑː ], Arabic جوبا Dschūbā , DMG Ǧūbā ), is the capital of South Sudan and the state of Jubek .
location
The city is located in the south of South Sudan, around 1200 kilometers from Khartoum , on the western bank of the Nile , which here is called Bahr al-Jabal and downstream the White Nile .
Administrative structure
The urban area is divided into three sections, each with their own administrations:
- Juba: in the northeast, comprises the core area of the city
- Kator: in the southwest
- Munuki: in the northwest
Seat of government
Juba is also the seat of the South Sudanese government and parliament, which consists of a lower house, the National Legislative Assembly , and an upper house, the Council of States .
population
Concrete figures on the exact number of inhabitants in Juba are not available. It is estimated that there are more than 500,000 inhabitants.
Population development:
| year | Residents |
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| 1973 (census) | 56,737 |
| 1983 (census) | 83,787 |
| 1993 (census) | 114,980 |
| 2011 (estimate) | 372.413 |
| 2017 (estimate) | over 500,000 |
The Bari are the strongest ethnic group in Juba. About half of the city is inhabited by Catholics .
history
In 1922 a small number of Greeks founded Juba on the northern bank of the White Nile. The Greeks had previously fled the Ottoman Empire and erected buildings such as the Paradise Hotel, the residence of the Norwegian consul and various buildings next to what is now known as the commercial district . B. Buildings used as banks. Until the 1940s, these buildings were the only solid buildings in the city. At its peak, the city's Greek community consisted of 10,000 people.
On June 12 and 13, 1947, the Sudan Administration Conference took place in Juba , which went down in history as the Juba Conference . At this conference, the British and representatives of North Sudan decided to unite North and South Sudan without their own representatives from South Sudan being present.
A massacre took place in Juba on July 8th and 9th, 1965; 1400 people were killed in attacks on representatives of the South Sudanese elite.
On February 2, 1977 there was a mutiny by government forces in Juba. Juba was in the contested area of the Civil War in South Sudan .
Due to the peace agreement between Khartoum and the SPLA , Juba was handed over to the SPLA troops in 2005. Since then, Juba has been the capital of the autonomous region of South Sudan, after Rumbik had temporarily taken on this task in the previous years.
After the death of John Garang , the leader of the SPLA, riots broke out in the city on August 1 and 2, 2005, with mainly Sudanese Arabs being the target of acts of violence because part of the population suspected that the government in Khartoum was located was involved in Garang's death. Sudanese Arabs were persecuted and killed, and their shops and houses were looted and destroyed. 15 people were killed and several hundred injured. As a result, many Sudanese Arabs left the city on August 3, 2005.
John Garang was buried on August 6, 2005 in a mausoleum near All Saints Cathedral in Juba. Among the mourners were the South African President Thabo Mbeki , the Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir and the new leader of the SPLA Salva Kiir . The latter again emphasized that they wanted to stick to the peace plan of January 2005, which ended the 21-year war of civil war in South Sudan, without compromising.
On July 9, 2011, Juba became the capital of the newly formed South Sudan. The celebrations for this took place at John Garang Mausoleum Square.
On September 2, 2011, the government decided that in a few years Ramciel should become the new capital.
From July 8 to 11, 2016, Juba was the scene of fierce fighting between opposing forces of the SPLA and SPLA-IO. The clashes, which resulted in numerous fatalities, led to the end of the peace agreement, which had temporarily put an end to the civil war between President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar, which had been raging since 2013.
Infrastructure
- Juba Bridge over the Nile south of the city, which connects to the eastern shore and Uganda on the border town of Nimule allowed
- River port on the Nile, which has also had a crane since August 21, 2007. This was made possible by Japanese development aid.
- However, local businessmen and haulage companies have doubts that the new crane will have enough capacity to meet the region's haulage needs.
- Juba airport
- Sports stadium, near the Nile
The Juba Bridge is the only bridge over the Nile between Kusti in Sudan (about 260 km south of Khartoum ) and Pakwach, 350 km upstream in Uganda .
In January 2013, Japan pledged US $ 91 million in support for a new bridge and US $ 29 million for the expansion of the port.
education
- The city is home to the oldest university in South Sudan, Juba University . A large part of the teaching business was relocated to Khartoum from 1989 due to the civil war.
religion
- Catholic Church : Kator Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Juba
- Anglican Church : All Saints Cathedral of Juba
Picture gallery
Hut in Juba
View of the settlement in Juba
Herd of cattle on a street in Juba
Climate table
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Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for Juba
Source: wetterkontor.de
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Daughters and sons of the city
- Santino Kenyi (* 1993), middle distance runner
Web links
- Detailed and overview maps of the city. In: southsudanmaps.org. Retrieved December 30, 2010 .
- Johannes Dieterich: No time for dreams. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . December 28, 2010, accessed December 30, 2010 (portrait of the city ahead of the 2011 independence referendum in South Sudan ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Juba Assessment Report (PDF; 2.5 MB) from USAID , as of November 2005.
- ↑ a b South Sudan. Federal Foreign Office, August 2017, accessed on 14 October 2017 .
- ↑ Sudan: The most important places with statistics on their population ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 2011 population estimate
- ↑ South-Sudan's lost white tribe: the Juba Greeks ( Memento from June 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sudan: Visit to Juba Bar Where Old And New Mix (Engl.), On allafrica.com
- ↑ The Foreign Office on the founding of South Sudan.
- ^ South Sudan: Heavy fighting in Juba again. Retrieved December 6, 2018 .
- ↑ 23 August 2007 - Sudan Tribune: "South Sudan inaugurates modern river port in Juba"
- ↑ 23 August 2007 - Sudan Tribune: "South Sudan needs river transport to boost economy"
- ↑ Japan Provides Grant Assistance of 120 Million US Dollars for Infrastructure in Juba City on reliefweb.int from January 18, 2013