Abyei

Abyei is a town that is administered by and claimed by . It has been one of the flashpoints in the ongoing conflict between the two countries since the Sudanese Civil Wars, as it is disputed between the two countries.
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  • Town with 20,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 400 metres (1,312 feet)
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as
    “Ab’ey”
    “Abyei Town”
    “Abyēy”
    “Chief Kwai Arab”

Abyei

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Latitude
9.5964° or 9° 35′ 47″ north
Longitude
28.4403° or 28° 26′ 25″ east
UN/LOCODE
SD ABY
Open location code
6GXCHCWR+H4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 238610118
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
380308
Wiki­data ID
Q336469

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Abyei” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبيي”
  • Arabic: “مدينة أبيي”
  • Azerbaijani: “Abyey”
  • Bulgarian: “Абией”
  • Catalan: “Abyei”
  • Chinese: “Abyei”
  • Chinese: “أبيي‎”
  • Chinese: “艾卜耶”
  • Chinese: “阿卜耶伊”
  • Croatian: “Abjej”
  • Czech: “Abyei”
  • Danish: “Abyei (by)”
  • Danish: “Abyei”
  • Dutch: “Abyei”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة ابيى”
  • French: “Abiyé (ville)”
  • French: “Abiyé”
  • French: “Abyei (ville)”
  • German: “Abjei”
  • German: “Abyei”
  • Hebrew: “אביי”
  • Irish: “Abyei”
  • Italian: “Abyei”
  • Japanese: “アビエイ”
  • Japanese: “アビエイ町”
  • Korean: “아비에이”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abyei”
  • Persian: “ابی”
  • Persian: “ابیه (شهر)”
  • Polish: “Abyei”
  • Russian: “Abyei”
  • Russian: “Абиеи”
  • Russian: “Абией”
  • Russian: “Абье”
  • Russian: “Абьеи”
  • Russian: “Абьей”
  • Serbian: “Абјеј”
  • Spanish: “Abyei”
  • Turkish: “Abyei”
  • Ukrainian: “Аб’єй (місто)”
  • Ukrainian: “Аб’єй”
  • Ukrainian: “Абьей”
  • Western Panjabi: “ابیئی”
  • Zulu: “Abyei (idolobha)”
  • Zulu: “Abyei”

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