Heglig
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Heglig, or Panthou (also spelled Heglieg or Pandthow), is a small town at the border between the South Kordofan state of Sudan and the Unity State in South Sudan. The entirety of Heglig is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, but administered by Sudan. The area was contested during the Second Sudanese Civil War. In mid-April 2012, South Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) captured the Heglig oil field from Sudan. Sudan took it back at the Second Battle of Heglig ten days later.
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, Heglig is referenced by 68 other articles, and connects out to Balanites aegyptiaca, South Sudan People's Defence Forces and Sudan.
Vinony files it under Heglig Crisis, Populated places in Unity State and Territorial disputes of South Sudan.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Locality
- جديد
- Region
- غرب كردفان West Kordofan
- Country
- السودان
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Heglig
- Settlement.other_name
- Panthou
- Settlement.native_name
- هجلیج (Arabic)
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Sudan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Sudan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Sudan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- West Kordofan
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Airport.name
- Heglig Airport
- Airport.IATA
- HEG
- Airport.ICAO
- HSHG
- Airport.type
- Public / military
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- disputed territory
- Country
- South Sudan
- Located in
- South Kordofan
- Elevation
- 382
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Heglig oil field
- Heglig Airport
- See also
- References
Heglig, or Panthou (also spelled Heglieg or Pandthow), is a small town at the border between the South Kordofan state of Sudan and the Unity State in South Sudan. The entirety of Heglig is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, but administered by Sudan. The area was contested during the Second Sudanese Civil War. In mid-April 2012, South Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) captured the Heglig oil field from Sudan. Sudan took it back at the Second Battle of Heglig ten days later.
==Etymology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heglig” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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