South Sudan

• Official name:Republic of South Sudan• Capital:Juba• Infant Mortality Rate:71.83/1000• Main Sport: Wrestling

Introduction

Traditional wrestling

Government Type:Republic

Definition: Power held by people and the people elected.

Current Leader:President Salva KIIR Mayardit

Government

People of South Sudan

One of the world's weakest economyEconomy Type:Market Definition: Economy is driven by the force of supply and demandImports: foodstuffs, manufactured goods, refinery and transport equipment, medicines and chemicals, textiles, wheat Exports: Oil and lots of natural resources* Not much trade

Economy

President Salva Kiir

• South Sudan is located in the east of Africa• The Nile River runs through the center of South

Sudan• Tall grass lands for farming• Sandy dry deserts• Tropical Forest

General Geography

River in South Sudan

Maps of South Sudan

Physical map on the left Political map on the right South Sudan relation to the world on the bottom

Hot with little to no rainfall per year. Temperatures can reach up to 120 degrees fahrenheit. Nights

and morningsare sometimes cooler.

Climate

Hot and dry climate

Flag Colors:Black: South Sudan PeopleWhite: PeaceRed: Blood shed from freedomGreen: The landBlue: Water of the Nile

Country Flag

Sudanese Pound- Range from 1, 5, 10, 25, 20, 50 and 100 (not including coins)

Conversions 1 Pound= $0.37 cents US 5 Pound= $1.87 US 10 Pound= $3.34 US 25 Pound= $9.35 US 50 Pound= $13.70 US 100 Pound= $37.38 US

Currency

Front and back of a 25 pound

• Has little water sources • Only 55% of the population has drinking water• Girls have to walk for miles to get unsafe and

unfiltered water

Water

People getting water to drink and use for other reasons

Literacy Rate • Males- 40%• Females- 16%• Total population-27%• Since girls have to walk• for a while to get water they do not have time

to go to school

Education

School in South Sudan

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• http://www.waterforsouthsudan.org/dying-from-water/

• https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/od.html

• http://southsudaninfo.com/Economy_of_South_Sudan

• http://geography.about.com/od/sudanmaps/a/south-sudan-geography.htm

Sources

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