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4 unusual facts about Renk


Daniel Awet Akot

commanding Sudan People's Liberation Army rebel forces around Renk in the northernmost tip of current-day South Sudan.

Nile

Below Renk the White Nile enters Sudan, it flows north to Khartoum and meets the Blue Nile.

Postage stamps and postal history of South Sudan

At the time of the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) between Khartoum and the SPLM/SPLA in Nairobi on 9 January 2005, only the post offices in the four garrison towns of Juba, Wau, Malakal and Renk remained open, but they hardly functioned.

Renk Airport

Renk Airport is a small civilian airport that serves the town of Renk and surrounding communities.


Mohammed Abed Elhai

His father worked as a civil servant, a surveyor, and due to the nature of his work he visited different regions of Sudan, like the Nuba Mountains Region, El-Renk town in Upper Nile State, Blue Nile regions, Wad Medani town, Korti and Abu Hamad in Northern State.


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