South Sudan

About South Sudan

South Sudan is a country in Central Africa, one of the 54 countries of Africa on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of South Sudan. In Arabic, the name is written جنوب السودان, and the capital جوبا. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.

The capital of South Sudan is Juba. Juba lies at about 5° north and 32° east. The official language of South Sudan is English. Its currency is the South Sudanese Pound, with the symbol ⁨£⁩ and the international code SSP.

South Sudan covers about 619,745 square kilometres, which puts it 44th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It is landlocked, with no coastline, and has 6 neighbours: the DR Congo, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, Kenya, and Uganda. The largest of these neighbours by area is the DR Congo. Other countries in Central Africa include Chad, Angola, and Cameroon. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Africa quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes South Sudan with the other countries of the same region.