Place:Upper Nile, Sudan

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Name
Upper Nile
Alternate names
Aʿālī an-Nīl     (Getty Vocabulary Program)
Sobat     (Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 87)
Type
State
Coordinates
9.0°N 33.75°E
Located in
Sudan
Contained Places

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Inhabited place
Abwong
Adok
Ar-Rank
Aworo Kit
Bangjang
Belbubulo
Bentiu
Daga Post
Fadit
Fagwir
GHābat al-ʿArab
Gambi Aṭrash
Gelhak
Jokau
Kaiedin
Kaka
Kan
Kigille
Kodok
Malakal
Melut
Nasir
Paloich
Panyang
Riangnom
Thar Nhom
Thorial
Tonga
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Upper Nile (; transliterated: (A'aly an-Nyl) or (Aâlâ En Nîl) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. The current Governor of Upper Nile is Gatluak Deng Garang. The White Nile flows through it. It has an area of 77,773 km² and an estimated population of approximately 1,300,000 (2000). Malakal is the capital of the state. The town of Kodok, the location of the Fashoda incident that ended the Scramble for Africa, is located here.

Former mission stations in Upper Nile state include those at Dolieb Hill, Lul and Detwoc.

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