Bentiu

Bentiu is the capital of Unity State in , on the southern bank of the Bahr el Ghazal River in the region. It is a frontier oil town rebuilding after repeated cycles of war, ethnic violence, and catastrophic flooding, and it sits at the heart of one of the most severe ongoing humanitarian crises in the world.
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  • Type: City with 6,500 residents
  • Description: town in South Sudan; capital of Unity State
  • Also known as: “Bantiu”, “Bantiyo”, “Bentiu, South Sudan”, “Bentiu, Unity State”, “Bëntiw”, “Kilwal”, and “Meshra‘ Bentiu”

Bentiu

Latitude
9.2481° or 9° 14′ 53″ north
Longitude
29.7977° or 29° 47′ 52″ east
Population
6,500
Elevation
395 metres (1,296 feet)
Open location code
6GXF6QXX+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2613802518
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
377472
Wiki­data ID
Q818284
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Bentiu” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “በንቲዩ”
  • Arabic: “بانتيو‎”
  • Arabic: “بانتيو”
  • Asturian: “Bentiu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bentiu”
  • Basque: “Bentiu”
  • Bengali: “বেন্টিউ”
  • Bengali: “বেন্তিউ”
  • Catalan: “Bentiu”
  • Cebuano: “Bentiu”
  • Chinese: “本提乌”
  • Chinese: “本提烏”
  • Chinese: “班提烏”
  • Danish: “Bentiu”
  • Dutch: “Bentiu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بانتيو”
  • Finnish: “Bentiu”
  • French: “Bentiu”
  • Georgian: “ბენტიუ”
  • German: “Bantiu”
  • German: “Bentiu”
  • Greek: “Μπέντιου”
  • Gujarati: “બેન્ટિઉ”
  • Hausa: “Bentiu”
  • Hebrew: “בנטיו”
  • Hindi: “बेंटिउ”
  • Hindi: “बेंटियू”
  • Indonesian: “Bentiu”
  • Italian: “Bentiu”
  • Japanese: “ベンティーウ”
  • Japanese: “ベンティウ”
  • Javanese: “Bentiu”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಟಿಯು”
  • Kazakh: “Бентиу”
  • Kirghiz: “Бентиу”
  • Korean: “벤티우”
  • Latvian: “Bantio”
  • Lithuanian: “Bantio”
  • Malay: “Bentiu”
  • Marathi: “बेंटिऊ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bentiu”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bentiu”
  • Oromo: “Bentiu”
  • Panjabi: “ਬੇਂਟਿਊ”
  • Persian: “بنتیو”
  • Polish: “Bantiu”
  • Polish: “Bentiu”
  • Portuguese: “Bentiu”
  • Pushto: “بنتیو”
  • Romanian: “Bentiu”
  • Russian: “Бантио”
  • Russian: “Бентиу”
  • Serbian: “Бентију”
  • Serbian: “بانتيو”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ටියු”
  • Somali: “Bentiu”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنتیو”
  • Spanish: “Bentiu”
  • Swahili: “Bentiu”
  • Swedish: “Bentiu”
  • Tagalog: “Bentiu”
  • Tajik: “Бентиу”
  • Tamil: “பேன்டியு”
  • Tatar: “Бентиу”
  • Telugu: “బెంటియూ”
  • Thai: “เขตเบตู”
  • Turkish: “Bentiu”
  • Ukrainian: “Бантіо”
  • Ukrainian: “Бентіу”
  • Urdu: “بانتیو”
  • Uzbek: “Bentiu”
  • Vietnamese: “Bentiu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bentiu”
  • Zulu: “Bentiu”

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