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Sooth Sudan

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Coordinates: 8°N 30°E / 8°N 30°E / 8; 30

Republic o Sooth Sudan

Banner o Sooth Sudan
Banner
Coat o airms o Sooth Sudan
Coat o airms
Motto: "Justice, Liberty, Prosperity"
Location o Sooth Sudan
Caipital
and largest city
Juba
04°51′N 31°36′E / 4.850°N 31.600°E / 4.850; 31.600
Offeecial leidsInglis[1][2]
Recognised naitional leids
an aroond 60 ither leids
[note 1]
Demonym(s)Sooth Sudanese
GovrenmentFederation[4] unner a presidential constitutional republic
• Preses
Salva Kiir Mayardit
James Wani Igga
Taban Deng Gai
LegislaturNaitional Legislatur
Cooncil o States
Naitional Legislative Assemmly
Establishment
1 Januar 1956
6 Januar 2005
• Autonomy
9 Julie 2005
• Unthirldom frae Sudan
9 Julie 2011
13 Julie 2011
Area
• Total
619,745 km2 (239,285 sq mi) (41st)
Population
• 2016 estimate
12,230,730[5]
• 2008 census
8,260,490 (disputed)[6] (94t)
• Density
13.33/km2 (34.5/sq mi) (214t)
GDP (PPP)2017 estimate
• Total
$20.038 billion[7]
• Per capita
$1,525[7]
GDP (nominal)2017 estimate
• Tot
$3.618 billion[7]
• Per capita
$275[7]
Gini (2009)45.5[8]
medium
HDI (2015)Decrease 0.418[9]
law · 181st
CurrencySooth Sudanese pound (SSP)
Time zoneUTC+3 (East Africae Time)
Drivin sideright
Cawin code+211[10]
ISO 3166 codeSS
Internet TLD.ss[11]a
  1. Registered, but nae yet operational.
Territorial organization

Sooth Sudan, offeecially the Republic o Sooth Sudan[12], is a kintra in East Africae. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Juba. The landlocked kintra is bordered bi Ethiopie tae the east; Kenyae, Uganda, an the Democratic Republic o the Congo tae the sooth; the Central African Republic tae the wast; an Sudan tae the north. Sooth Sudan includes the vast swamp region o the Sudd formed bi the White Nile, locally cried the Bahr al Jabal.

  1. ↑ The Transeetional Constitution o the Republic o Sooth Sudan, Pairt Ane, 6(1): "All indigenous languages of South Sudan are national languages and shall be respected, developed and promoted".[3]

References

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  1. ↑ "The Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011". Government of South Sudan. Archived frae the original on 21 Julie 2011. Retrieved 12 Julie 2011. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help) Archived 2012-10-17 at the Wayback Machine Part One, 6(2). "English shall be the official working language in the Republic of South Sudan".
  2. ↑ "At a Glance". Official portal. Government of Southern Sudan. 12 Julie 2011. Archived frae the original on 28 Juin 2011. Retrieved 24 Julie 2011. Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help) Archived 2011-06-28 at the Stanford Web Archive
  3. ↑ "The Transitional Constitution of the Republic of South Sudan, 2011" (PDF). Government of South Sudan. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 29 Juin 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "S. Sudanese government agrees to federal system with rebels - Sudan Tribune: Plural news and views on Sudan". Sudan Tribune (in Inglis). Addis Ababa. 27 September 2014. Archived frae the original on 11 October 2017. Retrieved 9 Februar 2018.
  5. ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Discontent over Sudan census". News24.com. AFP. 21 Mey 2009. Retrieved 14 Julie 2011.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "South Sudan". World Economic Outlook Database. International Monetary Fund.
  8. ↑ "Gini Index". World Bank. Retrieved 2 Mairch 2011.
  9. ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 21 Mairch 2017.
  10. ↑ "New country, new number: Country code 211 officially assigned to South Sudan" (Press release). International Telecommunication Union. 14 Julie 2011. Archived frae the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 20 Julie 2011.
  11. ↑ ".ss Domain Delegation Data". Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. ICANN. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  12. ↑ "South Sudan becomes world's newest nation". Forbes.com. Archived frae the original on 12 Julie 2011. Retrieved 9 Julie 2011.