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Line 1: {{Short description\|Country in ~~East~~Central Africa}} {{For\|the former autonomous regions that pre-dated South Sudan\|Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–1983)\|Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (2005–2011)}} {{Redirect\|RoSS\|other uses\|Ross (disambiguation)}} {{pp-protected\|small=yes}} Line 97: }} '''South Sudan''' ({{IPAc-en\|s\|uː\|ˈ\|d\|ɑː\|n\|,_\|-\|ˈ\|d\|æ\|n}}), 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 (river)\|Bahr al Jabal]]'', meaning "Mountain Sea".<ref>eg. example reference in {{cite web\|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Bahr+al+Jabal\|title=Bahr el Jabal\|work=The Free Dictionary\|access-date=1 August 2023}}</ref> The population was 11,088,796 in 2023, and [[Juba]] is the [[Capital city\|capital]] and largest city.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=South Sudan Population Growth Rate 1950-2023 \|url=https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/SSD/south-sudan/population-growth-rate \|access-date=2023-07-17 \|website=Macrotrends}}</ref> South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011, making it the [[List of sovereign states by date of formation\|most recent]] sovereign state or country with widespread recognition as of 2024.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-are-the-youngest-countries-of-the-world.html\|title=The World's Youngest Countries\|website=WorldAtlas\|date=28 May 2018\|language=en\|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> Sudan was occupied by [[History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty\|Egypt]] under the [[Muhammad Ali dynasty]] and was governed as an [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan\|Anglo-Egyptian condominium]] until Sudanese independence in 1956. Following the [[First Sudanese Civil War]], the [[Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972–83)\|Southern Sudan Autonomous Region]] was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A [[Second Sudanese Civil War\|second Sudanese civil war]] soon broke out in 1983 and ended in 2005 with the [[Comprehensive Peace Agreement]]. Later that year, southern autonomy was restored when an [[Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan]] was formed. South Sudan became an [[independent state]] on 9 July 2011, following 98.8% support for independence in [[South Sudanese independence referendum, 2011\|a January 2011 referendum]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJugNxYVA8\|title=Broadcast of Declaration of Independence (part 1)\|publisher=YouTube\|date=10 July 2011\|access-date=2 May 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721084549/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sJugNxYVA8\|archive-date=21 July 2013\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/Laseranthem#p/a/u/0/v5m4JUyBW38\|title=Broadcast of Declaration of Independence (part 2)\|publisher=YouTube\|date=19 June 2011\|access-date=2 May 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707130327/http://www.youtube.com/user/Laseranthem#p/a/u/0/v5m4JUyBW38\|archive-date=7 July 2013\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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