Egypt & Africa - South Sudanese Profile

South Sudan, officially known as the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East-Central Africa.

Location & Area:

East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia.
It covers an area of 644,329 km2.

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Climate:

Hot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall heaviest in upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north.

Terrain:

Plains in the north and center rise to southern highlands along the border with Uganda and Kenya; the White Nile, flowing north out of the uplands of Central Africa, is the major geographic feature of the country; The Sudd (a name derived from floating vegetation that hinders navigation) is a large swampy area of more than 100,000 km2 fed by the waters of the White Nile that dominates the center of the country.

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Flag:

South Sudanese flag is three equal horizontal bands of black (top), red, and green; the red band is edged in white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side contains a gold, five-pointed star.

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Administrative divisions:

It is divided into 10 states includes; Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Unity, Upper Nile, Warrap, Western Bahr el Ghazal and Western Equatoria.

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Regime:

President of South Sudan:

Natural resources:

Hydropower, fertile agricultural land, gold, diamonds, petroleum, hardwoods, limestone, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica and silver.

Economy:

Agriculture products: Sorghum, maize, rice, millet, wheat, gum Arabic, sugarcane, mangoes, papayas, bananas, sweet potatoes, sunflower seeds, cotton, sesame seeds, cassava (manioc, tapioca), beans, peanuts; cattle and sheep.