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Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
South Sudan seceded from Sudan on 9th July 2011.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here .
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11 835 862 (2017 projection) [1]
Note: This section last updated 15th June 2021
1,234.45
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(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)
Note: This section last updated 11th August 2021
Over 60 languages are spoken in South Sudan, all of which are regarded as national languages. The offical working language is English. There are some 1.4 million speakers of Dinka , 740 000 speakers of Nuer , 420 000 speakers of Bari and 350 000 speakers of Zande .
This is written PO Box.
Note: This section last updated 29th September 2020
If South Sudan continues to use Sudanese postal codes, the postal code consists of a block of 5 digits - the first two indicate the region, the third the postal zone, the fourth the exchange centre and the fifth the post office.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
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Note: This section last updated 13th July 2017
Refer to Exonyms in South Sudan for full lists of place names in South Sudan in other languages.
Note: This section last updated 19th July 2011
South Sudan has 10 states (wilayat, singular - wilayah). These are:
Central Equatoria Eastern Equatoria Jonglei Lakes Northern Bahr el Ghazal Upper Nile Warrap Western Bahr el Ghazal Western Equatoria Western Upper Nile (formerly Unity)
The ten states are further subdivided into 86 counties, which are divided into payams and then into bomas.
Note: This section last updated 31st August 2021
South Sudanese area codes have a length of 2 digits when called from abroad. All subscriber numbers have 7 digits. Mobile numbers have the area codes 91-92, 95 or 97-98.
Every effort is made to keep this resource updated. If you find any errors, or have any questions or requests, please don't hesitate to contact the author.
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