Nzara
Nzara is a town in Western Equatoria State. It lies 15 mi to the northwest of Yambio by road, and is 25 km from the border with the DR Congo. Nzara was industrial center of the Azande Scheme also known as, Equatoria Project Scheme during the Anglo-Egyptian colonial period.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 81,100 residents
- Description: human settlement in South Sudan
- Also known as: “Nzara, South Sudan”
Nzara
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Western Equatoria, South Sudan, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
4.64128° or 4° 38′ 29″ northLongitude
28.24736° or 28° 14′ 51″ eastPopulation
81,100Elevation
630 metres (2,067 feet)Open location code
6GPCJ6RW+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 241889949OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
368892Wikidata ID
Q15263135
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Nzara” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “恩扎拉”
- Czech: “Ansara”
- Dutch: “Nzara, South Sudan”
- French: “Nzara”
- Japanese: “ンザラ”
- Polish: “Nzara”
- Romanian: “Nzara”
- Russian: “Нзара”
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