africa • SSD
South Sudan
Location marker · geographic overview
7° N / 30° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Juba
- Population
- 11,943,408 2024
- Area
- 619,745 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- English
- Currency
- South Sudanese pound (SSP)
- Geography
- Landlocked
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · South Sudan
South Sudan (Arabic: جنوب السودان, Janūb as-Sūdān) is a country in Central Africa. The world’s youngest country, it was a part of Sudan until it gained its independence on 9 July 2011, following years of civil war and a referendum.
Food & everyday culture
South Sudanese cuisine is mostly based on grains such as maize and sorghum.Read the eat section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-08. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Middle Africa
- Calling code
- +211
- Internet domain
- .ss
- Land border codes
- CAF, COD, ETH, KEN, SDN, UGA
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ss. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.