Malakal | |
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 Malakal in August 2005 | |
  Malakal Location in South Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 09°33′00″N 31°39′00″E / 9.55000°N 31.65000°E | |
| Country |  South Sudan |
| Region | Greater Upper Nile |
| State | Upper Nile State |
| County | Malakal County |
| Payam | Central Malakal and Southern Malakal |
| Elevation | 385 m (1,263 ft) |
| Population (2014 est) | |
| • Total | 147,450 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Malakal is a city in South Sudan, serving as the capital of Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan, along the White Nile River. It also serves as the headquarter of Malakal County and it used to be the headquarter of Upper Nile Region from the 1970s to the late 1990s.