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Abyei
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Also known as Abyei Area

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Settlement.name
Abyei Special Administrative Area
Settlement.native_name
منطقة أبيي
Settlement.native_name_lang
ar
Settlement.other_name
mintaqat 'abyi
Settlement.settlement_type
Area with special administrative status
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of the Abyei Area.png
Settlement.image_seal
Emblem of the Abyei Area.png
Settlement.image_map
Map of Abyei Area en.png
Settlement.mapsize
299px
Settlement.map_caption
Location
Settlement.subdivision_type
Countries
Settlement.seat_type
Headquarters
Settlement.seat
Abyei Town
Settlement.government_type
Abyei Area Administration
Settlement.leader_title
Chief Administrator
Settlement.leader_name
Charles Abyei Jok
Settlement.leader_title1
Deputy Chief Administrator
Settlement.established_title
Comprehensive Peace Agreement

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19 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Status dispute
  • Abyei Protocol in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement
  • Abyei Borders Commission
  • Renewed tensions and violence
  • Arbitration by a panel under the Permanent Court of Arbitration
  • Leadup to referendum
  • Takeover by the SPLM
  • Protests
  • Pollution
  • Ceasefire and enforcement
  • Abyei Area Administration
  • Structure
  • Chief Administrators
  • Towns and villages
  • Oil reserves and production
  • Notes and references
  • Further reading
  • External links

The Abyei Special Administrative Area () is an area of on the border between South Sudan and Sudan that has been accorded "special administrative status" by the 2004 Protocol on the Resolution of the Abyei Conflict (Abyei Protocol) in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended the Second Sudanese Civil War. The capital of the Abyei Area is Abyei Town. Under the terms of the Abyei Protocol, the Abyei Area is considered, on an interim basis, to be simultaneously part of both the Republic of South Sudan and Republic of Sudan, effectively a condominium.

As part of the 2011 independence process, a separate referendum was to be held in Abyei on whether they wanted to join Sudan or South Sudan; however an official referendum was never held.

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