Lado
Lado is a small settlement in Central Equatoria, South Sudan, on the west bank of the White Nile. It is situated north of the modern-day city of Juba. When General Gordon was appointed governor of the Egyptian territory of Equatoria in 1874, he moved his capital from Gondokoro to Lado, which had a healthier climate.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,510 feet)
- …is also known as “Lado, South Sudan”
- Description: human settlement in South Sudan
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
5.03308° or 5° 1′ 59″ north
Longitude
31.68761° or 31° 41′ 15″ east
Open location code
6GQH2MMQ+62
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Lado” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لادو”
- Chinese: “拉多 (南苏丹)”
- Chinese: “拉多”
- Dutch: “Lado, South Sudan”
- French: “Lado”
- German: “Lado (Südsudan)”
- German: “Lado”
- Hebrew: “לאדו”
- Italian: “Lado (Sudan del Sud)”
- Italian: “Lado”
- Japanese: “ラド”
- Russian: “Ладо”
- Urdu: “لاڈو، جنوبی سوڈان”
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