Tambura (South Sudan)

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Coordinates: 5 ° 36 '  N , 27 ° 28'  E

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Tambura is a place in the state of Tumbura (2015 to 2017 Gbudwe , until 2015 Western Equatoria ) in South Sudan , near the border with the Central African Republic .

According to the 1973 census, Tambura had 8,778 inhabitants; in 1983 this number was 5,854.

history

The place name is derived from Tambura , a chief of the Azande at the end of the 19th century, whose court ( gbanwa ) also became the seat of a government post . Under the Anglo-Egyptian colonial rule , a road to Wau was built at the beginning of the 20th century .

During the Civil War in South Sudan , Tambura County was under the control of the Sudanese government until 1989, when the SPLA rebel movement took control. A large part of the Azande population then left the place. The war led to the collapse of the health system, which encouraged the spread of sleeping sickness from the mid-1990s.

present

The place is threatened by the Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army , which is active in the border area between South Sudan, the Central African Republic and the DR Congo . There are also conflicts in the area between the native Azande and the Ambororo ( Wodaabe ) nomads.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: World Gazetteer: Sudan: The most important places with statistics on their population.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. ↑ JET Philipps: Geographical Names in the Zande Country , in: The Geographical Journal, 75/5, May 1926, p. 433
  3. ^ Robert O. Collins: Land Beyond the Rivers , Yale University Press 1971
  4. ↑ PA Nyaba: An Insider's View: The Politics of Liberation in Sudan (quoted in., 2000 Understanding Civil War: Evidence and Analysis , World Bank Publications, ISBN 9780821360477 , p 215)
  5. ↑ Georgina Pagey: Resurgence of sleeping sickness in Southern Sudan. (PDF; 400 kB) In: Journal of Rural and Remote Environmental Health 2 (2), 2003, pp. 60–65
  6. ↑ Richard Ruati: LRA maneuvers cause panic in Sudan's Tambura town in W. Equatoria.
  7. ↑ Ambororo kill one and injure two in Bangala along Tambura - Nagero road, Western Equatoria state. Sudan Tribune, December 28, 2010