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Juba city overview
Juba is a city in South Sudan shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Known forJuba, Capital city in South Sudan, Juba planning base 3, Juba planning base 4
RegionSouth SudanSouth Sudan
Time zoneAfrica/Jubalocal time
Founded1863historical origin
City history
Explorers and campaigners Samuel Baker and Florence Baker used the nearby island of Gondokoro as a base during their expeditions to what is now South Sudan and northern Uganda from 1863 to 1865 and.
From the establishment of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1899, the British administered southern Sudan separately from the north.
Major construction of the new city of Juba was underway by 1927.
Traders from Rejaf relocated to the new city in 1929, and the Governor's office of Mongalla was moved there in 1930.
In 1946, without consulting Southern opinion, the British administration began instead to implement a policy of uniting the north and the south.
In 1955, a mutiny of southern soldiers in Torit sparked the First Sudanese Civil War, which did not end until 1972.
Until 1956, Juba was in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, which was jointly administered by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Egypt.
Juba became South Sudan's national capital on 9 July 2011, when South Sudan formally declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan.
In November 2017, the former chief of general staff Paul Malong Awan was removed from the city, and since then has become a fortified stronghold for President Kiir.
In the late 1920s, Anglo-Egyptian officials ordered Bari residents to relocate so that a new town could be constructed to serve as the capital of Mongalla Province.
Public buildings, such as the Ivory Bank, Notos Lounge, the old Sudan Airways Building, Paradise Hotel, and the Nile Commercial Bank and Buffalo Commercial Bank, were all built by Greeks.
Under the leadership of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations established a camp known as "OCHA Camp", which served as a base for many United Nations agencies.
However, influential parties including the South Sudanese government expressed dissatisfaction with the city's suitability as a national capital, and the government proposed that a new planned city be built as a replacement capital elsewhere.
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Juba
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Capital city in South Sudan
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Juba planning base 3
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Juba planning base 4
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Juba planning base 5
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Juba planning base 6
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Stay overview
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Hotels & areas
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Transport notes
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