Eastern Equatoria State

Eastern Equatoria is a state in . It has an area of 73,472 km. The capital city is . On 1 October 1972, the state was divided into Imatong and Namorunyang states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020.
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  • Type: state of South Sudan with 906,000 residents
  • Description: state of South Sudan
  • Also known as: “Charque al Istioua’iyah”, “East Equatoria”, “Eastern Equatoria”, “Ecuatoria del este”, “Equatoria de l’Est”, “Equatòria de l’Est”, “Equatoria del Este”, “Equatoria Oriental”, “Equatoria Timur”, “Ost-Äquatoria”, “Ost-Equatoria”, “Ostäquatoria”, “Ostequatoria”, “Scharq al-Istiwa’iya”, “Scharq al-istiwa’iyya”, “Scharq al-Istiwa’iyya”, “SD-19”, “Sharq al Istiwa’iyah”, “Sharq al Istiwā’īyya”, “Sharq al Istiwāʼīyah”, “Sharq al-Istiwa’iyya”, “Sharq al-Istwa’iyya”, “Sharq-al-Istiwa’iyah”, “Syarqul Istiwa’iyah”, “Východní Ekvátorie”, “Wilāyat Sharq al Istiwā’īyah”, “Wilāyat Sharq al Istiwā’īyya”, “Г’арбий Экватория”, “Източна Екваториална провинция”, “استوائیهٔ شرقی”, “شرق الإستوائية”, “ولايه شرق الاستوائيه”, “동부 에콰토리아 주”, “동부 적도 주”, “东赤道省”, and “東赤道省”

Eastern Equatoria State

Latitude
4.9° or 4° 54′ north
Longitude
33.8° or 33° 48′ east
Population
906,000
Elevation
608 metres (1,995 feet)
Open location code
6GPMWR22+22
Geo­Names ID
408668
Wiki­data ID
Q488519
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Eastern Equatoria State” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ምስራቃዊ ኢኳቶሪያ”
  • Arabic: “شرق الاستوائية”
  • Arabic: “ولاية شرق الاستوائية”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Ekvatoriya”
  • Belarusian: “Усходняя Экваторыя”
  • Bengali: “ইস্টার্ন ইকুয়েটারিয়া”
  • Breton: “Equatoria ar Reter”
  • Bulgarian: “Източна Екватория”
  • Catalan: “Equatòria Oriental”
  • Cebuano: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Chinese: “东赤道州”
  • Chinese: “東赤道州”
  • Czech: “Východní rovníková provincie”
  • Danish: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Dutch: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Ekvatorio”
  • Finnish: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Ekvatoria”
  • French: “Équatoria-Oriental”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთი ეკვატორია”
  • German: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Εκουατορία”
  • Greek: “Ίστερν Εκουατόρια”
  • Gujarati: “ઇસ્ટર્ન ઇક્વેટોરિયા”
  • Hausa: “Equatoria Gabas”
  • Hebrew: “אקווטוריה המזרחית”
  • Hindi: “पूर्वी इक्वेटोरिया”
  • Indonesian: “Khatulistiwa Timur”
  • Italian: “Equatoria Orientale”
  • Japanese: “東エクアトリア州”
  • Javanese: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಸಮಭಾಜಕ”
  • Kazakh: “Шығыс Экватория”
  • Kirghiz: “Чыгыш Экватория”
  • Korean: “동에콰토리아주”
  • Latvian: “Austrumu Ekvatorija”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Ekvatorija”
  • Macedonian: “Источна Екваторија”
  • Malay: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Malay: “Khatulistiwa Timur”
  • Marathi: “इस्टर्न इक्वेटोरिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-Ekvatoria”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aust-Ekvatoria”
  • Norwegian: “Øst-Ekvatoria”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Equatoria de l’Èst”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Equatòria Orientala”
  • Oromo: “Equatoria Baʼa”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ ਇਕਵੇਟੋਰੀਅਾ”
  • Persian: “استوائیه شرقی”
  • Polish: “Ekwatoria Wschodnia”
  • Portuguese: “Equatória Oriental”
  • Pushto: “ختیز اکوتوریا”
  • Romanian: “Statul Ecuatoria de Est”
  • Russian: “Восточная Экваториальная провинция”
  • Russian: “Восточная Экватория”
  • Serbian: “Istočna Ekvatorija”
  • Serbian: “Источна Екваторија”
  • Sinhala: “නැගෙනහිර ඉක්වටෝරියා”
  • Somali: “Ekuwatooriya Bari”
  • Spanish: “Ecuatoria Oriental”
  • Spanish: “Estado de Ecuatoria Oriental”
  • Swahili: “Equatoria ya Mashariki”
  • Swedish: “Eastern Equatoria”
  • Tajik: “Экватория шарқӣ”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு ஏகுவடோரிய”
  • Tatar: “Көнчыгыш Экватория”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు ఈక్వటోరియా”
  • Thai: “อีสเทิร์น อีควอโทเรีย”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Ekvator”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Equatoria”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна Екваторія”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی استوائی”
  • Uzbek: “G’arbiy Ekvatoriya”
  • Uzbek: “Gʻarbiy Ekvatoriya”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Equatoria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sinirangan nga Equatoria”
  • Western Panjabi: “چڑدا استوائی”
  • Zulu: “Eastern Equatoria”

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