Key facts
Capital: Juba
Location: East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia
Government: Republic of South Sudan
Currency: South Sudanese pounds (SSP)
Area: 644,329 sq km
Population: 10,984,074 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk
Religion: animist, Christian, Muslim
TimeZone: UTC+2
Tel Code: +211
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