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It was introduced on 18 July 2011, and replaced the Sudanese pound at par. [5] On 1 September 2011, the Sudanese pound ceased to be legal tender in South Sudan. On October 8, 2020, due to rapid depreciation of the South Sudanese pound's exchange rate with the United States dollar, South Sudan announced that it would soon change its currency. [6 ...
Location of South Sudan. South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, and previously known as Southern Sudan, is a landlocked country in Middle Africa, [1] in the area of northeast Central Africa that is part of the United Nations subregion of Eastern Africa. [2]
The Sudanese pound was legal tender in South Sudan until 31 August 2011. For a wider history surrounding currency in the region, see British currency in the Middle East . The Sudanese pound was devalued on 23 February 2021, with the official (indicative) exchange rate set to LS 375.08 per US dollar (from the fixed rate of LS 55), closing the ...
South Sudan (/ s uː ˈ d ɑː n,-ˈ d æ n /), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. [16] It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the west by the Central African Republic. South Sudan's diverse ...
Sudan was the first country to recognise the independence of South Sudan on 8 July 2011, one day prior to independence. Four other states followed suit on 8 July. Over 25 countries had recognised the country on 9 July, including all permanent members of the United Nations Security Council .
In September 2022 South Sudan and Djibouti signed an agreement to lay fibre optic cable from Djibouti to South Sudan’s capital, Juba, via Ethiopia. [29] In March 2015, South Sudan's minister for telecommunications and postal services revealed plans for the government to lay 1,600 kilometers of fiber-optic cable across the country within two ...
Government is promoting investment particularly in exploration and also developing the mining projects in South Sudan. [1] The mining industry of South Sudan started operating from the time South Sudan became a regional government of Sudan in 2005. Its inheritance was a well developed petroleum industry with an extensive network of pipelines ...
Source: [2]. 1 January - New Year's Day; 30 March – Eid al-Fitr 18 April - Good Friday 19 April - Easter Saturday 20 April - Easter Sunday 21 April - Easter Monday 1 May – Labour Day