Faddoi

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Faddoi
Location in South Sudan
Coordinates: 8°7′N32°17′E / 8.117°N 32.283°E / 8.117; 32.283 Coordinates: 8°7′N32°17′E / 8.117°N 32.283°E / 8.117; 32.283
CountryFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan
State Eastern Bieh
County Akobo County
Time zone UTC+3 (EAT)

Faddoi is a village in South Sudan. It is located in Akobo County, Eastern Bieh, in the northeastern part of South Sudan, near the International border with Ethiopia. Before reorganisation of new states in 2015, it was a part of Jonglei. It is connected by road from Akobo from the southeast and Waat just to the northwest. The Ez Zeraf Game Reserve lies to the west. A landing ground was once considered in Faddoi. [1]

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References

  1. Willis, Charles Armine; Johnson, Douglas Hamilton (1995). The Upper Nile Province handbook: a report on peoples and government in the Southern Sudan, 1931. Oxford University Press for the British Academy. p. 97. ISBN   978-0-19-726146-0 . Retrieved 10 July 2011.