Western Equatoria

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Western Equatoria
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Basic data
Country South Sudan
Capital Yambio
surface 79,319 km²
Residents 610,029 (2008 census)
density 7.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 SS-EW
politics
governor Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro

Coordinates: 4 ° 40 ′  N , 28 ° 26 ′  E

Western Equatoria ( Arabic غرب الاستوائية Gharb al-Istiwāʾiyya , German  West Equatoria ) is a federal state in South Sudan .

It has an area of ​​79,319 km² and according to the census of 2008 around 610,000 inhabitants. Its capital is Yambio .

Other larger towns are Tambura , Maridi , Izo , Nzara and Mundri .

The largest ethnic group in Western Equatoria are the Azande .

The state is not located on the eponymous equator , but completely north of it.

history

From 1919 to 1976 the area of ​​what is now the state of Western Equatoria belonged to the province of Equatoria . In 1976, Western Equatoria was split off from the Province of Equatoria as a province within the boundaries of today's state. From 1991 to 1994 the area belonged again to the newly created state of Equatoria / al-Istiwa'iyya, which resembled the province of Equatoria from 1948 to 1976. On February 14, 1994, Western Equatoria was separated again as a state.

In the Second Civil War in South Sudan from 1983 to 2005 , the South Sudanese SPLA rebels captured several cities in Western Equatoria in 1990.

Even after the end of the war, the population is threatened by attacks by the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army , which is active here in the border area between South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic . Furthermore, there are conflicts between settled farmers and Ambororo nomads.

In the 2010 gubernatorial elections, the independent candidate Bangasi Joseph Bakosoro won against the candidate of the ruling party SPLM .

administration

Western Equatoria, like the other states of South Sudan, is divided into counties. Further administrative units under the counties are Payams and, among them, Bomas. A county commissioner, appointed by the state governor in agreement with the president, presides over the counties. In Western Equatoria these are:

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Key Indicators for Western Equatoria. Accessed March 31, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Central Bureau of Statistics / Southern Sudan Center for Census Statistics and Evaluation: 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census - 2008 ( Memento of the original from May 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 425 kB), Table: T02 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / southsudaninfo.net
  3. ↑ www.statoids.com: Historical overview of the Sudanese states
  4. ^ Yehudit Ronen: Sudan , in: Ami Ayalon (ed.): Middle East Contemporary Survey , Volume 14 ( 1990 ), ISBN 0-8133-1449-6 , p. 638
  5. ^ Arm militia to contain LRA in Western Equatoria, say leaders , in: IRIN News, December 10, 2010
  6. ↑ Ambororo kill local vigilante in Western Equatoria in Sudan Tribune, 6 October 2010
  7. ^ Col Bakosoro wins the W. Equatoria Gubernatorial Election , in: Sudan Tribune, April 26, 2010