Lakes State is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 43,595.08 km2. 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 lied the Unity State. Other borders included Warrap State towards the northwest, Western Equatoria to the south and west, and Central Equatoria to the south.
Western Bahr el Ghazal is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 93,900 km2 (36,255 sq mi) and is the least populous state in South Sudan, according to the controversial Sudanese census conducted in 2008. It is part of the Bahr el Ghazal region. Its capital is Wau. The state shared international borders with Sudan to the north and the Central African Republic to the west. The portion now occupied by Raga County is the southern part of the historical region known as "Dar Fertit".
Rumbek is the capital of Lakes State in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan.
Wau is a city in northwestern South Sudan, on the western bank of the Jur River, that serves as capital for Western Bahr el Ghazal. It lies approximately 650 kilometres (400 mi) northwest of the capital Juba. A culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse urban center and trading hub, Wau is also the former headquarters of Western Bahr el Ghazal. The city is a municipality since 2012 and is being govern by a mayor who is usually appointed by the governor of the state.
The Diocese of Wau is a Latin Church is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in South Sudan. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba, and depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
Aweil is a city in South Sudan and the capital of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal.
Rumbek Airport is an airport in South Sudan, near Rumbek, the capital of Lakes State. The airport is served by several national airlines and by air charter service providers.
Raga is a town in South Sudan.
Kuajok, also spelled as Kuacjok or Kwajok, is a city in South Sudan, and the capital of Warrap State.
Upper Nile University (UNU) is a university in South Sudan.
University of Northern Bahr el Ghazal (UNBEG) is a university in South Sudan.
Rumbek University is a university in South Sudan.
Joseph Ukel Abango, commonly known as Joseph Ukel, is a veteran-politician of what is now South Sudan and an educationalist by profession.
Dr. John Garang Memorial University Of Science and Technology (DrJGMUST) is a public university in the Republic of South Sudan. The school is named after the Sudanese Politician John Garang.
Wau State was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Bahr el Ghazal region, and was part of the former state of Western Bahr el Ghazal. Wau State bordered Aweil State, Gbudwe State, Gogrial State, Lol State, and Tonj State.
Western Lakes was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020. It was located in the Bahr el Ghazal region and was part of the former state of Lakes State. It bordered Amadi State, Eastern Lakes State, Gbudwe State, Gok, Maridi State, Southern Liech State, and Tonj State.
Lt. Gen. Elias Waya Nyipuoch is a South Sudanese was born in 1958 in Luo land, Bahr el-Gazal Region, he holds a Master's Degree in Military Strategy from Khartoum High Academy Military Sciences (1992) in Sudan. He obtained his Sudan School Certificate in 1977 and joined University of Cairo, Khartoum Branch, between 1977 and 1979. Also he joined Sudan Military College and was awarded Diploma in Military Science in 1981. He took many professional military courses in the Sudan, the United Kingdom (2007), the USA (2004) and in Switzerland (2005), among others. He is currently an enrolled student of Political Science in University of Juba. Lt. Gen. Elias Waya had enjoyed many successful assignments in the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) after his graduation from Sudan Military College. He was deployed between1981 to 1985 to Eastern Command, Kassala and Gadaraf, from where he was shortly assigned to Kapoeta Garrison in 1983. Also he was deployed to Northern Command, 3rd Division in Shendi where he was transferred to Nasir Garrison Command between 1986 and 1989.
Isaiah Kulang Mabor DengDak Anguany was a South Sudanese politician who was Minister for Communications, Transport and Roads and member of the People's Regional Assembly, in the capital of Juba, serving as Speaker of the House between 1979 and 1980. Kulang was a prominent member of the Southern Front by then and in the late 1980s he participated actively in founding the United Sudan African Party (USAP).
Sarah Cleto Hassan Rial is a South Sudanese politician and human rights activist serving as the current governor of Western Bahr el Ghazal. She was the only woman among the eight governors appointed by President Salva Kiir on June 30, 2020.
