Upper Nile State

Upper Nile is a state in . The flows through the state, giving it its name. The state also shares a similar name with the region of , of which it was part along with the states of Unity and Jonglei.
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  • Type: state of South Sudan with 1,390,000 residents
  • Description: state of South Sudan
  • Also known as: A‘alī an Nīl”, “A‘ālī an Nīl”, “Aʻāli en Nīl”, “As Sōbāt”, “Sobat”, “Upper Nile”, and “Wilāyat A‘ālī an Nīl

Upper Nile State

Latitude
10° north
Longitude
32.7° or 32° 42′ east
Population
1,390,000
Elevation
393 metres (1,289 feet)
Open location code
7G2J2M2X+2X
Geo­Names ID
381229
Wiki­data ID
Q487702
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Upper Nile State” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: أعالي النيل
  • Belarusian: Верхні Ніл
  • Belarusian: Штат Верхні Ніл
  • Bengali: আপার নীল
  • Breton: Nil Uhel
  • Bulgarian: Горни Нил
  • Catalan: Nil Superior
  • Catalan: Upper Nile
  • Cebuano: Upper Nile
  • Chinese: 上尼罗州
  • Chinese: 上尼罗省
  • Chinese: 上尼羅州
  • Chinese: 上尼羅省
  • Croatian: Gornji Nil
  • Danish: Upper Nile
  • Dutch: A’ali an-Nil
  • Dutch: A’ali-an-Nil
  • Dutch: Upper Nile
  • Esperanto: Supra Nilo
  • Finnish: A’āli an Nīl
  • Finnish: A’ali an-Nil
  • Finnish: Upper Nile
  • Finnish: Ylä-Niili
  • French: Nil Supérieur
  • Galician: Alto Nilo
  • Georgian: ზემო ნილოსი
  • German: A’ali an Nil
  • German: A’ali an-Nil
  • German: A’alī an-Nīl
  • German: A’li an-Nil
  • German: Aʿālī an-Nīl
  • German: Oberer Nil
  • German: Obernil
  • German: SD-23
  • German: Upper Nile
  • Greek: Άπερ Νάιλ
  • Gujarati: અપર નાઇલ
  • Hausa: Upper Nile (jiha)
  • Hausa: Upper Nile
  • Hebrew: מדינת הנילוס העליון
  • Hindi: ऊपरी नील
  • Indonesian: A’aliy an-Nail
  • Indonesian: Nil Hulu
  • Italian: Alto Nilo
  • Japanese: 上ナイル州
  • Kannada: ಅಪ್ಪರ್ ನೈಲ್
  • Korean: 나일 북부 주
  • Korean: 상나일주
  • Latvian: Augšnīla
  • Lithuanian: Aukštutinis Nilas
  • Macedonian: Горен Нил
  • Malay: Nil Hulu
  • Malay: Upper Nile
  • Marathi: अप्पर नाईल
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Upper Nile
  • Occitan (post 1500): Nil Superior
  • Persian: نیل بالا
  • Polish: A’ali an-Nil
  • Polish: Nil Górny
  • Polish: Upper Nile
  • Portuguese: A’aly an-Nyl
  • Portuguese: Alto Nilo
  • Portuguese: Upper Nile
  • Romanian: Statul Nilul Superior
  • Russian: Верхний Нил
  • Serbian: Gornji Nil
  • Serbian: Горњи Нил
  • Sinhala: ඉහල නයිල්
  • Slovenian: Zgornji Nil
  • Spanish: Alto Nilo
  • Spanish: Estado de Alto Nilo
  • Spanish: Nilo Superior
  • Swahili: Jimbo la Nile ya Juu,Sudan
  • Swahili: Jimbo la Nile ya Juu
  • Swahili: Nile ya Juu
  • Swahili: Nile ya Kijuu
  • Swahili: Upper Nile
  • Swedish: A’ali an Nil
  • Swedish: A’ali an-Nil
  • Swedish: A’aly an-Nyl
  • Swedish: Aala En Nil
  • Swedish: Aâlâ En Nîl
  • Swedish: Aali an-Nil
  • Swedish: Övre Nilen
  • Swedish: Upper Nile
  • Tamil: அப்பர் நில்
  • Tamil: மேல் நைல் மாநிலம்
  • Telugu: ఎగువ నైల్
  • Thai: ไนล์ตอนบน
  • Turkish: Yukarı Nil Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Yukarı Nil
  • Ukrainian: Верхній Ніл
  • Urdu: بالائی نیل (اسٹیٹ)
  • Urdu: بالائی نیل (ریاست)
  • Urdu: بالائی نیل
  • Uzbek: Yuqori Nil
  • Uzbek: Юқори Нил
  • Vietnamese: Thượng Nile
  • Vietnamese: Thượng Nin
  • Waray (Philippines): Iruigbaw nga Nilo
  • Waray (Philippines): Upper Nile
  • Western Panjabi: اتلا نیل
  • Zulu: Upper Nile (isifundazwe)
  • Zulu: Upper Nile

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