Equatoria

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Equatoria
Settlement.motto: God Is Our Strength
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_map: Equatoria in South Sudan 2015.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Location in South Sudan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: South Sudan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Equatoria
Settlement.subdivision_type2: No. of counties
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Juba
Settlement.leader_title: Governor
Settlement.established_title: Province of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Settlement.established_date: 1870
Settlement.area_total_km2: 195847.67
Settlement.population_as_of: 2014 estimate
Settlement.population_total: 3399400

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Area: 195847.67

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Commons category: Equatoria
native label: الإقليم الاستوائي

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Contents

Geography
Administrative divisions
People
Languages
Culture
History
Early history
British policy
Sudanese independence
Recent history
Notable Equatorians
References
General References
External links

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Equatoria is the southernmost region of South Sudan, along the upper reaches of the White Nile and the border between South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Juba, the national capital and the largest city in South Sudan, is located in Equatoria. Originally a province of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, it also contained most of northern parts of present-day Uganda, including Lake Albert and West Nile. It was an idealistic effort to create a model state in the interior of Africa that never consisted of more than a handful of adventurers and soldiers in isolated outposts.