Malakal

Malakal
Malakal in August 2005
Malakal in August 2005
Malakal is located in South Sudan
Malakal
Malakal
Location in South Sudan
Coordinates: 09°33′00″N 31°39′00″E / 9.55000°N 31.65000°E / 9.55000; 31.65000
Country South Sudan
RegionGreater Upper Nile
StateUpper Nile State
CountyMalakal County
PayamCentral Malakal and Southern Malakal
Elevation
385 m (1,263 ft)
Population
 (2014 est)
 • Total
147,450
Time zoneUTC+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.