Raga, South Sudan
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Raja (Arabic راجا Raja, DMG Rāǧā, alternative spelling Raga ) is a small town in the state of Western Bahr el Ghazal in southern Sudan.
The common spelling Raga despite the pronunciation " Raja " comes from the fact that Sudanese place names were initially transferred with an Egyptian transcription system which is adapted to the Egyptian- Arabic pronunciation, into the Latin alphabet.
Population
Raja is in the field of various smaller ethnic groups that are collectively referred to Fertit and are influenced Arab- Islamic to varying degrees.
According to census of 1973 had 2,446 inhabitants Raja, in 1983 the number was 3,377. 2005, there were, according to the International Rescue Committee 18,970 people in Raja.
History
In the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan in 1906 Raja capital of the Western District of Bahr al - Ghazal. With the reorganization of the administrative structure, however, it was in 1936 reduced to a police station, in 1941 the district capital.
As part of the Southern Policy of 1930-46, the Arab-Islamic influences from the northern Sudan tried to curb in Southern Sudan, various ethnic groups that have been attributed to the South, relocated to the road from Wau about Raja after Boro Medina in order to northern influences escape. The place Raja was slightly shifted, and the dealers were forbidden "Arab " to sell clothing. The colonial administration also asked Catholic missionaries of the Verona Fathers about opening up near a station in order to counteract the influence of Islam.
In the second Civil War in Southern Sudan 1983-2005 Raja was for most of the time as a garrison town under the control of the Sudanese government. Because of the road link from north to Wau they had strategic importance and could at times also benefit economically. 1985 attacked the SPLA rebels Raja first time, more attacks occurred in 1986 and 1987. During the fighting, the ethnic groups of the Feroghe and Njagulgule were largely driven by Raja. In 1991, the SPLA tried to penetrate through Raja to Darfur.
The heaviest fighting occurred in 2001 when the SPLA took up in June and Raja could keep during the rainy season to October under control. Some 30,000 people fled to the north to Darfur; Raja after the government and surrounding places reconquered to tens of thousands more went to other parts of Bahr al - Ghazal or to the south in the controlled by the SPLA Tambura. The intake of Raja was perceived as a sign of the strength of the SPLA.
2004 established the SPLA a road from Tambura after Deim Zubeir so displaced from Raja could directly return there instead of Wau. This should ensure that the SPLA loyal Fertit settled back into Raja and not in Wau.
Under the South Sudanese government autonomy, the street was repaired in 2008 by Aweil, and a connection to Wau with four steel bridges in 2010 was in construction.
Swell
- Location in South Sudan
- Western Bahr el Ghazal
- Place in Africa