- For Malakal Island in Palau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Tokyo. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest sovereign states...
, see Malakal IslandMalakal Island is an island in the state of Koror, Palau. It is located at 134.45, 7.330278.Malakal Island is the site of Koror's port, as well as the radio station T8AA-AM....
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Malakāl is the capital of the
WilayahA wilāyah or vilâyet is an administrative division, usually translated as "province" or "governorate". The word comes from Arabic w-l-y 'to govern': a wāli 'governor' governs a wilayah 'that which is governed'...
(state) of Upper Nile,
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
. It is located on the banks of the
White NileThe White Nile is a river of Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. In the strict meaning, "White Nile" refers to the river formed at Lake No at the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal rivers...
, just north of its confluence with the
Sobat RiverThe Sobat River is a river in Sudan, Africa. The most southerly of the great eastern tributaries of the Nile, the Sobat enters the White Nile at Dolieb Hill, near the city of Malakal in the Upper Nile state of Sudan...
. The town was a garrison of the northern
KhartoumKhartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
-based government for much of the recent civil war, but is now part of the autonomous southern region. Dinka Ngok,
NuerThe Nuer are a confederation of tribes located in Southern Sudan and western Ethiopia. Collectively, the Nuer form one of the largest ethnic groups in East Africa....
, and
ShillukThe Shilluk prefer to be known as Chollo, rather than the more widely known term, Shilluk, and their language as Dhɔg Cɔlɔ, dhɔg being the Shilluk word for mouth. The Shilluk are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of...
are the three largest ethnic groups resident in the town, though there are also significant numbers of other ethnic groups.
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- For Malakal Island in Palau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Tokyo. Having emerged from United Nations trusteeship in 1994, it is one of the world's youngest and smallest sovereign states...
, see Malakal IslandMalakal Island is an island in the state of Koror, Palau. It is located at 134.45, 7.330278.Malakal Island is the site of Koror's port, as well as the radio station T8AA-AM....
.
Malakāl is the capital of the
WilayahA wilāyah or vilâyet is an administrative division, usually translated as "province" or "governorate". The word comes from Arabic w-l-y 'to govern': a wāli 'governor' governs a wilayah 'that which is governed'...
(state) of Upper Nile,
SudanSudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area...
. It is located on the banks of the
White NileThe White Nile is a river of Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile, the other being the Blue Nile. In the strict meaning, "White Nile" refers to the river formed at Lake No at the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal rivers...
, just north of its confluence with the
Sobat RiverThe Sobat River is a river in Sudan, Africa. The most southerly of the great eastern tributaries of the Nile, the Sobat enters the White Nile at Dolieb Hill, near the city of Malakal in the Upper Nile state of Sudan...
. The town was a garrison of the northern
KhartoumKhartoum is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State. It is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing north from Lake Victoria, and the Blue Nile flowing west from Ethiopia. The location where the two Niles meet is known as "al-Mogran"...
-based government for much of the recent civil war, but is now part of the autonomous southern region. Dinka Ngok,
NuerThe Nuer are a confederation of tribes located in Southern Sudan and western Ethiopia. Collectively, the Nuer form one of the largest ethnic groups in East Africa....
, and
ShillukThe Shilluk prefer to be known as Chollo, rather than the more widely known term, Shilluk, and their language as Dhɔg Cɔlɔ, dhɔg being the Shilluk word for mouth. The Shilluk are a major Nilotic ethnic group of Southern Sudan, living on both banks of the river Nile, in the vicinity of the city of...
are the three largest ethnic groups resident in the town, though there are also significant numbers of other ethnic groups. The majority of current
SPLASPLA may refer to:* Sudan People's Liberation Army** SPLA-Nasir and SPLA-United, a Sudanese breakaway faction formed in 1991* Sahrawi Popular Army of Liberation - see Polisario Front...
soldiers in the town come from
Bahr El GhazalThe Bahr el Ghazal is a state of Southern Sudan. Its name comes from the river Bahr el Ghazal.The region of Bahr al Ghazal consists of two states among thirteen states of Southern Sudan's states. They are Bahr al Ghazal and West Bahr al Ghazal. It borders Central African Republic to the west...
, and not from the immediate locality.
Popular local food includes wal wal, a boiled flour dumpling, and foull, a seasoned ground nut dish.
It was the site of the
November 2006 Battle of MalakalThe Battle of Malakal occurred at the end of November 2006 in the southern Sudanese town of Malakal. The clashes between Sudanese government forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Army were the most serious breach of a 2005 deal to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.- Battle :What started as a...
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