Western Bahr el Ghazal

Neuigkeiten, Termine, Marktplatz und Menschen aus Western Bahr el Ghazal.

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91079,9 km²
Verwaltungssitz
Wau

Einwohnerentwicklung

  • 2008: 333431

Hier geboren

  • Luol Deng (1985) – South Sudanese-British basketball player
  • Alek Wek (1977) – South Sudanese-British model and designer
  • Thon Maker (1997) – Australian basketball player (born 1997)
  • Margret Hassan (1997) – South Sudanese sprinter
  • Deng Gai (1982) – South Sudanese basketball player (born 1982)
  • Naomi Baki (1985) – French and South Sudanese author and advocate for South Sudan
  • Khamis Leyano (1987) – South Sudanese footballer
  • Ajou Deng (1978) – British basketball player

Sehenswert

  • Deim Zubeir – human settlement in what is now South Sudan

Quelle: Wikidata (CC0 1.0) · Bild: Vexilla-Mundi.com, Public domain – Wikimedia Commons · Bild: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0 – Wikimedia Commons

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  • Peace Agreement Day · · Südsudan, Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • SPLA Day · · Südsudan, Western Bahr el Ghazal
  • Independence Day · · Südsudan, Western Bahr el Ghazal
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