Lakes

Lakes is a state in . It has an area of 43,595.08 km2. is the capital of the state. Lakes is in the region of South Sudan, in addition to , , and Warrap states.
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  • Type: state of South Sudan with 696,000 residents
  • Description: state of South Sudan
  • Also known as: Al Buḩayrāt”, “El Buhayrat”, “Lakes State”, “Lakes State, South Sudan”, “Lakes, South Sudan”, and “Wilāyat al Buḩayrāt

Lakes

Latitude
6.75° or 6° 45′ north
Longitude
30° east
Population
696,000
Elevation
427 metres (1,401 feet)
Open location code
6GRGQ222+22
Geo­Names ID
408647
Wiki­data ID
Q491096
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Lakes” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: البحيرات
  • Arabic: ولاية البحيرات
  • Arabic: ولاية بحيرات
  • Basque: Aintzirak
  • Bengali: লেকস
  • Bulgarian: Ал Бухайрат
  • Bulgarian: Езерна провинция
  • Catalan: Al-Buhayrat
  • Catalan: Lakes
  • Catalan: Llacs
  • Cebuano: Lakes (estado)
  • Cebuano: Lakes
  • Chinese: 湖泊州
  • Chinese: 湖泊省
  • Danish: Lakes
  • Dutch: Al-Boehayrat
  • Dutch: Lakes
  • Esperanto: Lagoj
  • Esperanto: Lakes
  • Estonian: Al-Buḩayrāti provints
  • Estonian: Lakes
  • Estonian: Lakesi osariik
  • Finnish: Lakes
  • French: Al Bouhayrat
  • French: Lacs
  • Georgian: ტბები (შტატი)
  • Georgian: ტბები
  • German: Al Buhayrat
  • German: Al-Buhairat
  • German: Al-Buhayrat
  • German: Lakes
  • Greek: Λέικς
  • Gujarati: લેક્સ
  • Hausa: Jihar Lakes
  • Hebrew: מדינת האגמים
  • Hindi: लेक्स
  • Indonesian: Al Buhayrat
  • Indonesian: Al-buhairat
  • Indonesian: Lakes, Sudan Selatan
  • Indonesian: Lakes
  • Italian: Laghi
  • Japanese: レイク州
  • Kannada: ಸರೋವರಗಳು
  • Korean: 레이크 주
  • Korean: 레이크스주
  • Korean: 호수 주
  • Latvian: Buheirāta
  • Lithuanian: Al Buhairatas
  • Lithuanian: Buhairatas
  • Lithuanian: Ežerų vilaja
  • Lithuanian: Ežerų vilajetas
  • Macedonian: Езера
  • Malay: Lakes, Sudan Selatan
  • Malay: Lakes
  • Marathi: लेक्स
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Al-Buhairat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lakes
  • Norwegian: Lakes
  • Occitan (post 1500): Lacs
  • Polish: Al-Buhajrat
  • Polish: Lakes
  • Portuguese: Al-Buhairat
  • Portuguese: Lagos
  • Portuguese: Lakes
  • Romanian: Statul Lacuri
  • Russian: Озёрная провинция
  • Russian: Озерный штат
  • Russian: Озёрный штат
  • Serbian: Ел Бухајрат
  • Sinhala: ලේක්ස්
  • Spanish: Al Buhayrat
  • Spanish: Estado de Lagos
  • Spanish: Lagos
  • Swahili: Maziwa, Sudan Kusini
  • Swahili: Ziwa
  • Swedish: Al-Buhayrat
  • Swedish: Lakes, Sydsudan
  • Swedish: Lakes
  • Tamil: லெக்ஸ்
  • Telugu: లేక్స్
  • Thai: เลคส์
  • Turkish: Lakes
  • Ukrainian: Озерний
  • Urdu: جھیلیں (اسٹیٹ)
  • Urdu: جھیلیں
  • Uzbek: Ko’l
  • Uzbek: Ко’л
  • Vietnamese: Lakes
  • Waray (Philippines): Lakes
  • Western Panjabi: جھیلاں صوبہ
  • Zulu: Lakes (isifundazwe)
  • Zulu: Lakes

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