Upper Nile (state)
Upper Nile ( German: " Upper Nile " ) is the northernmost state in South Sudan.
It has an area of 77,773 km ² and according to the official results of the census of 2008, approximately 964,000 inhabitants .. Its capital is Malakal.
Geography
The White Nile flows through the state from southwest to north, where he meets the half of the distance to the river Sobat, the flows coming from South-East to North -West.
In the state there is the city Kodok, which was the scene of the Fashoda crisis. Other major towns are Nasir, Maiwut, Melut and Renk.
Upper Nile has oil reserves that belong to Melut Basin. Since 2006, crude oil is exported from here via Port Sudan.
History
From 1919 to 1976 Upper Nile was a province of the Anglo -Egyptian Sudan and the independent Republic of Sudan and included present-day states of Jonglei and Unity. In 1976, the province was split Dschunqali that corresponds to today's Jonglei state, so that the province consisted only of the territory of present states of Upper Nile and Unity. In 1991, the province was transformed into a federal state and the limits of 1919 to 1976 were restored. On 14 February 1994, the Federal States Dschunqali and al - Wahda were (now Unity ) is cleaved. Since its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011 Upper Nile is a state in southern Sudan.
Management
Upper Nile is, like the other states of Southern Sudan also divided into counties. Other administrative units under the counties are Payams and including Bomas. A County Commissioner who was appointed by the State Governor in agreement with the President, the counties is facing. In Upper Nile, they are:
- Baliet County
- Fashoda County
- Longechuk County
- Maban County
- Malakal County
- Manyo County
- Maiwut County
- Melut County
- Nasir County
- Panyikang County
- Renk County
- Ulang County
- Akoka County