X-Nico

unusual facts about Equatoria


J. G. Myers

In 1937 Myers was appointed economic botanist to the government of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, his task being to survey the economic possibilities of the southernmost province of Equatoria with a view to its future agricultural development.


Eastern Equatoria

The Ilemi Triangle in the east, between Eastern Equatoria and Lake Turkana, is or has been disputed among all three abutting states (South Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia).

George Echom

In May 2011 Dinka Bor cattle herders trespassed into the Nimule and Mugali areas of the Madi people in Magwi County of Eastern Equatoria State, causing massive crop damage.

Imatong

Imatong people, an ethnic group living in the Southern Sudanese state of Eastern Equatoria

Ironstone Plateau

The plateau population includes Zande in Western Equatoria and Bari speakers in Central Equatoria on either side of the Nile.

Kapoeta South County

On 4 February 2011 the U.S. Consul General in Juba and Eastern Equatoria state Governor Louis Lobong Lojore formally opened an 894-kilowatt power plant in Kapoeta, built using funding from USAID.

KIRO

Kiro, a colonial post in what is now the Central Equatoria province of South Sudan

Lado, South Sudan

In 1878 Emin Pasha was appointed Bey of Equatoria, then nominally under Egyptian control, with his base at Lado.

Loyoro

Loyoro, South Sudan, a community in Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan

Narus

Narus, South Sudan, a community in Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan

The Rear Column

He leaves behind him a 'rear column' with supplies at the Yambuya camp on the Aruwimi River and instructs them to wait until the Arab slave trader, Tippu Tib, has brought 600 more porters before following on to Equatoria.

Western Equatoria

Before the 2005 peace deal, the LRA had used Western Equatoria as a base for its operations against the Ugandan government of President Yoweri Museveni.


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