Juba County

Juba County is an administrative area in Central Equatoria state, South Sudan. It is the largest county in Central Equatoria and one of the largest in the region of Equatoria.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Theresa Cathedral and Juba Nile Bridge.

St. Theresa Cathedral

Church

Photo: Lomoraronald, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Theresa’s Cathedral is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church and the cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba in South Sudan. The cathedral church is located on Unity Avenue in Bahr al Jabal in the district of Kator in the city of Juba. St. Theresa Cathedral is situated 6 km southeast of Juba County.

Juba Nile Bridge

Bridge

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The Juba Nile Bridge is composed of two adjacent 252 meter spans over the White Nile in Juba, South Sudan, on the Juba-Nimule Road, and until 2022 provided the only access over the River Nile to South Sudan. Juba Nile Bridge is situated 7 km southeast of Juba County.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Juba.

Juba

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Juba is the largest city and capital of South Sudan. Juba is on banks of the White Nile River. In 2017, it had a population of 525,000 people. The city has been growing quickly since it was named capital of South Sudan in 2005.

Juba County

Type: county of South Sudan with 526,000 residents
Description: County in Central Equatoria, South Sudan
Location: Central Equatoria, South Sudan, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude

4.8602° or 4° 51′ 37″ north

Longitude

31.5631° or 31° 33′ 47″ east

Population

526,000

Elevation

495 metres (1,624 feet)

Open location code

6GPHVH67+36

GeoNames ID

8299284

Wikidata ID

Q6301681

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Juba County” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مقاطعة جوبا”
Belarusian: “Джуба”
Catalan: “comtat de Juba”
Catalan: “Juba (comtat)”
Cebuano: “Juba County”
Chinese: “朱巴縣”
French: “Comté de Djouba”
French: “Djouba”
Japanese: “ジュバ州”
Japanese: “ジュバ郡”
Polish: “Dżuba”
Portuguese: “Juba (condado)”
Portuguese: “Juba”
Swedish: “Juba County”
Swedish: “Juba”
Zulu: “Juba County”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Gudele and Kator.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jabal Kuruk and University of Juba.

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