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Lakes
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state of South Sudan
Key facts
- Country
- South Sudan
- Region
- Bahr el Ghazal
- State
- Jul 9th 2011
- Capital
- Rumbek
- Type
- Revitalized Transitional government
- Governor
- Madang Majok Meen
- Total
- 43,595.08 km (16,832.15 sq mi)
- Density
- 19.5687/km (50.6826/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+2 ( CAT )
- Hdi 2019
- 0.348 , low · 6th of 10
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 695730
- Area
- 43595.08
- Image
- Rumbek Sudan cattle camp2.jpg
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Article
Cattle Herders at Cattle Camp in Rumbek Lakes is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 43,595.08 km. Rumbek is the capital of the state. Lakes is in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, in addition to Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Warrap states. Bahr el Ghazal itself was a former province which was split from the Anglo-Egyptian mudiriyat, or province of Equatoria in 1948. The eastern border was the White Nile with Jonglei State on the opposite bank. To the northeast lay the Unity State. Other borders included Warrap State towards the northwest, Western Equatoria to the south and west, and Central Equatoria to the south.
In July 2011, Ramciel in Lakes state was under consideration by the federal government as a site for a new national capital, which would replace Juba.