Rubkona County
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Rubkona County is an administrative division of Unity State, South Sudan
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The administrative center is the town of Rubkona, across the Bahr el Ghazal River
from the state capital Bentiu
and the town of Yoynyang, which are also in Rubkona County. Large villages in the county include Thangoro, Nhialdiu
, Kuey, Bielli and Meshra Bentiu.
Rubkona County has a sub tropical climate, with a rainy season from May to September and a dry season from October to April.
The region is swampy, flooding in the rainy season. Malaria, Kala Azar and Bilharzia are endemic.
Most of the population are Nuer people, agropastoralists for whom cattle are the measure of wealth and prestige.
The county lies on the migration route of Baggara
tribes, which is an ongoing cause of tension.
During the Second Sudanese Civil War
(1983-2005) some of the rural population fled to the towns of Rubkona and Bentiu. Others moved north to Khartoum or escaped to bordering countries.
As of 2008, three years after the peace agreement had been signed, refugees were still returning.
In 2008 the Action Contre le Faim (ACF) non-government organization was running a treatment center in Bentiu for sufferers from Severe Acute Malnutrition with medical complications. ACF was aso running two distribution sites in Rubkona and Bentiu to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition without medical complications.
South Sudan
South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...
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The administrative center is the town of Rubkona, across the Bahr el Ghazal River
Bahr el Ghazal River
The Bahr el Ghazal is a river in South Sudan. The name translates as "sea of gazelles". The South Sudanese region of Bahr el Ghazal takes its name from the river....
from the state capital Bentiu
Bentiu
-Location:Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, in northern South Sudan, near the International border with the Republic of Sudan. This location lies approximately , by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in the country. Bentiu sits on the southern banks of the Bahr...
and the town of Yoynyang, which are also in Rubkona County. Large villages in the county include Thangoro, Nhialdiu
Nhialdiu
Nhialdiu is a large village in Unity State, South Sudan, about to the southeast of Bentiu.Nhialdiu is in Bul Nuer country.-Civil war:The village is at a strategic junction of dirt roads....
, Kuey, Bielli and Meshra Bentiu.
Rubkona County has a sub tropical climate, with a rainy season from May to September and a dry season from October to April.
The region is swampy, flooding in the rainy season. Malaria, Kala Azar and Bilharzia are endemic.
Most of the population are Nuer people, agropastoralists for whom cattle are the measure of wealth and prestige.
The county lies on the migration route of Baggara
Baggara
The Baggāra Arabs are a set of communities inhabiting the portion of Africa's Sahel between Lake Chad and southern Kordofan, numbering over one million. They have a common language which is one of the regional colloquial Arabic languages...
tribes, which is an ongoing cause of tension.
During the Second Sudanese Civil War
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War started in 1983, although it was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originated in southern Sudan, the civil war spread to the Nuba mountains and Blue Nile by the end of the 1980s....
(1983-2005) some of the rural population fled to the towns of Rubkona and Bentiu. Others moved north to Khartoum or escaped to bordering countries.
As of 2008, three years after the peace agreement had been signed, refugees were still returning.
In 2008 the Action Contre le Faim (ACF) non-government organization was running a treatment center in Bentiu for sufferers from Severe Acute Malnutrition with medical complications. ACF was aso running two distribution sites in Rubkona and Bentiu to treat Severe Acute Malnutrition without medical complications.