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Equatoria was separated from its sister state of Eastern Equatoria, becoming a province in 1976 and the two Equatoria provinces were once again inaugurated into 3 statehoods of Western Equatoria, Central Equatoria and Eastern Equatoria in the midst of the 1990s. Hence, there was a plan to
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Greater Equatoria region.
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In the middle of the twentieth century, after Sudan's independence in 1956, Western
Equatorians sacrificed their life for over 5 decades liberating in movements for the independence of South Sudanese, including the
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Western Equatoria as part of Belgian Congo were dashed by the Juba Conference to unify North and South Sudan.
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557:Dominic Dabi Monango
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77:Motto:
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740:2020-04-18
716:2024-02-14
693:References
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649:Avukaya
507:Ri-Yubu
464:Tumbura
375:Balanda
355:Avokaya
349:History
234:803,263
179:Capital
132:Country
107:28°24′E
104:05°19′N
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879:States
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327:Sudan
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