Paloich refers to an area in the Melut County of Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. It includes oil-related Paloich Airport (also spelled as Palouge Airport [1] ) and adjacent Palogue oil field. [2]
The variations of the name of the place vary greatly and include: Paloich, Palogue, Palouge, Baloish, Paloug, Paluge, Phaloich, Phalogue, Phalouge, Baloish, Phaloug, Phaluge, Paloch and others.
There also seems to be a Paloich Market. [3] and Palouge Power Plant. [4]
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