Upper Nile

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”, “A’ali an Nil”, “A’āli an Nīl”, “A’ali an-Nil”, “A’alī an-Nīl”, “A’ali-an-Nil”, “A’aliy an-Nail”, “A’aly an-Nyl”, “A’li an-Nil”, “Aala En Nil”, “Aâlâ En Nîl”, “Aali an-Nil”, “Aʻāli en Nīl”, “As Sōbāt”, “Aʿālī an-Nīl”, “Jimbo la Nile ya Juu,Sudan”, “Nile ya Juu”, “Nile ya Kijuu”, “Nilo Superior”, “Oberer Nil”, “Obernil”, “SD-23”, “Sobat”, “Thượng Nile”, “Upper Nile State”, “Wilāyat A‘ālī an Nīl”, “Юқори Нил”, “بالائی نیل (اسٹیٹ)”, “나일 북부 주”, “上尼罗省”, and “上尼羅省”

Upper Nile

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 Amharic to Zulu—“Upper Nile” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ላይ ላይ ኒል”
  • Arabic: “أعالي النيل”
  • Arabic: “ولاية أعالي النيل”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yuxarı Nil”
  • Belarusian: “Верхні Ніл”
  • Belarusian: “Штат Верхні Ніл”
  • Bengali: “আপার নীল”
  • Breton: “Nil Uhel”
  • Bulgarian: “Горни Нил”
  • Catalan: “Nil Superior”
  • Cebuano: “Upper Nile”
  • Chinese: “上尼罗州”
  • Chinese: “上尼羅州”
  • Croatian: “Gornji Nil”
  • Danish: “Upper Nile”
  • Dutch: “Upper Nile”
  • Esperanto: “Supra Nilo”
  • Finnish: “Upper Nile”
  • Finnish: “Ylä-Niili”
  • French: “Nil Supérieur”
  • Galician: “Alto Nilo”
  • Georgian: “ზემო ნილოსი”
  • German: “Upper Nile”
  • Greek: “Άπερ Νάιλ”
  • Gujarati: “અપર નાઇલ”
  • Hausa: “Babbar Nile”
  • Hausa: “Upper Nile (jiha)”
  • Hausa: “Upper Nile”
  • Hebrew: “מדינת הנילוס העליון”
  • Hindi: “ऊपरी नील”
  • Indonesian: “Nil Hulu”
  • Italian: “Alto Nilo”
  • Japanese: “上ナイル州”
  • Javanese: “Upper Nile”
  • Kannada: “ಅಪ್ಪರ್ ನೈಲ್”
  • Kazakh: “Жоғарғы Нил”
  • Kirghiz: “Жогорку Нил”
  • 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”
  • Oromo: “Nili Gubbaa”
  • Panjabi: “ਉਪਰਲੀ ਨਾਈਲ”
  • Persian: “نیل بالا”
  • Polish: “Nil Górny”
  • Portuguese: “Alto Nilo”
  • Pushto: “لوړ نیل”
  • Romanian: “Statul Nilul Superior”
  • Russian: “Верхний Нил”
  • Serbian: “Gornji Nil”
  • Serbian: “Горњи Нил”
  • Sinhala: “ඉහල නයිල්”
  • Slovenian: “Zgornji Nil”
  • Somali: “Nile Sare”
  • Spanish: “Alto Nilo”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Alto Nilo”
  • Swahili: “Jimbo la Nile ya Juu”
  • Swedish: “Övre Nilen”
  • Tajik: “Нили Болои”
  • Tamil: “அப்பர் நில்”
  • Tamil: “மேல் நைல் மாநிலம்”
  • Tatar: “Өстәге Нил”
  • Telugu: “ఎగువ నైల్”
  • Thai: “ไนล์ตอนบน”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Nil Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Yukarı Nil”
  • Ukrainian: “Верхній Ніл”
  • Urdu: “بالائی نیل (ریاست)”
  • Urdu: “بالائی نیل”
  • Uzbek: “Yuqori Nil”
  • Vietnamese: “Thượng Nin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Iruigbaw nga Nilo”
  • Western Panjabi: “اتلا نیل”
  • Zulu: “Upper Nile (isifundazwe)”
  • Zulu: “Upper Nile”

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