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Juba

Eastern Africa

Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan, on the White Nile River. Established by the Church Missionary Society in a small Bari village, it became Mongalla Province's capital in the late 1920s and South Sudan's national capital upon the country's independence in 2011. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
525,953 1
Area (sq km)
52 1
Founding Year
1922 2
Population Estimate Year
2017 1
Elevation (m)
550 1
Latitude
4.8539 degrees north 1
Longitude
31.5825 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 3
Connections

Associated With

South Sudan, Countries
Source Juba (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

South Sudan, Countries
Source Juba (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Site Of

South Sudan Supreme Court

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source NYU Law GlobaLex: South Sudan Legal System and Research (GlobaLex)Statutory courts
Quote, Statutory courts
The Supreme Court, located in Juba, is the highest organ of the judiciary.
Sources
1. Juba (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Juba serves as the capital and largest city of South Sudan
  • Infobox, Population figure
    525,953
  • Lead section
    It is the most recently declared national capital and had a population of 525,953 in 2017.
  • Infobox, Area
    52 km2 (20 sq mi)
  • Infobox, Elevation
    550 m (1,800 ft)
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    4°51′14″N 31°34′57″E / 4.8539°N 31.5825°E
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    4°51′14″N 31°34′57″E / 4.8539°N 31.5825°E
  • Associated With: South Sudan, Infobox, Country
    South Sudan
  • In Group: Cities of Eastern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Juba (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
Quote, P571 (inception)
inception 1922
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3. GeoNames: Juba - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 373303
    4.85165 31.58247 P PPLC SS 01 450000 518 Africa/Juba
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 518 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.75, 31.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 4.75, 31.75
4.75 31.75 Aw
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Wikidata: Juba
Wikidata Q1947, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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