South Sudan

South Sudan

South Sudan ranks 191st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Dominica, Belize, and Bermuda. Memorable people born in present day South Sudan include Salva Kiir Mayardit, Riek Machar, and Alek Wek. Memorable people who died in South Sudan include John Garang. South Sudan has been the birth place of many politicians and basketball players and the death place of many politicians.

South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in eastern Central Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya, and includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal, meaning "Mountain Sea". The population was 11,088,796 in 2023, and Juba is the capital and largest city. South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011, making it the most recent sovereign state or country with widespread recognition as of 2024. Read more on Wikipedia