Unity State
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Unity State
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| Country |  South Sudan |
| Region | Greater Upper Nile |
| No. of counties: | 9 |
| Capital | Bentiu |
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| • Type | State |
| • Governor | Joseph Monytuil |
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| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
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| ISO 3166 code | SS-UY |
| HDI (2021) | 0.344[1] Page Template:Color/styles.css has no content.low · 7th of 10 |
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Unity State is a state in South Sudan. Unity State is in the Greater Upper Nile region. Unity is inhabited predominantly by two ethnic groups: the Nuer, and the Dinka.
In 2015, a presidential decree established a new system of 28 states, replacing the previously established 10. Unity State was replaced by the states of Ruweng, Northern Liech and Southern Liech.[2] Unity State was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020 with smaller boundaries as the northern part of the former state became the Ruweng Administrative Area.[3]
Administrative divisions
The capital of Unity state is Bentiu. Before an administrative reorganization in 1994, Unity was part of a much larger province of Upper Nile, and the state was sometimes called Western Upper Nile.
The counties of Unity are:
Large towns in Unity include Bentiu, Mayom, Rubkona and Leer.
Other towns include,Guit, Riangnom, Rub-Koni, Yoahnyang, Tam, Mankien, Wang-Kay, Koch, Nyal and Ganyliel.[4]
Economy
Agriculture is the state's primary economic activity. Many people of the state are nomadic agro-pastoralists who engage in both agriculture and rearing of livestock, especially cattle. Farming is primarily conducted during the rainy season, although some cultivation also occurs during summer. Vegetables are not widely cultivated, as most farmers are rural rather than urban, and therefore lack access to markets for their produce. Some NGOs have introduced farmers to the practice of cultivation for market.
Oil fields
Southern Sudan's first oil reserves were discovered in the area during the 1970s. The international oil companies which engaged in oil exploration contributed to the massive displacement of the indigenous population.[5]
Oilfields in the state include the Unity oilfield and most of Block 5A. The Unity oilfield is within the largest hydrocarbon accumulation in the Muglad rift basin and contains an estimated 150,000,000 barrels (24,000,000 m3) of oil.[6]
The Greater Nile Oil Pipeline begins in the Unity oilfield.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New decree creates ethnic enclaves for Nuer". Radio Tamazuj. 2 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vhumbunu, Clayton Hazvinei. "The Formation of the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity in South Sudan". ACCORD. Archived from the original on 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Unity State Map" (PDF). UN OCHA. 3 August 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Human Rights Watch, 'Sudan, oil, and human rights', www.hrw.org, November.
- ^ NPA Group 2008, 'Sudan - Muglad Basin' Script error: No such module "webarchive"., www.npagroup.co.uk, 27 February. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
External links
- USAID 2001, 'Sudan: Oil and gas concession holders' (map), University of Texas Library. (Map shows location of oil field. Note that state borders are out of date.)
