Nimule is a city in the southern part of

South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. 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 ...

Magwi County Magwi County, also Magwe County, is a county in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. Location The county is located in Eastern Equatoria. It is bordered to the west and north by Juba County, by Torit County to the north east, by Ikotos County to ...

, Eastern Equatoria. It lies approximately , by road, southeast of

Juba Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan. The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria, Central Equatoria State. It is the most recently declared national capital and had a populatio ...

, the capital of

and largest city in the country. The town also lies approximately , by road, north of Gulu, Uganda, the nearest large city.

Overview and history

In 1901, Nimule was the base for a British punitive expedition against the Lango, which had raided neighboring districts. The Lango had been supported by Sudanese mutineers, who were all captured or killed by the British force. On 19 August 2013, the South Sudanese parliament decided to upgrade Nimule Town to City Council status, administered by a City Clerk. Some in the county have protested, calling for wider consultations. On April 7, 2014, the Mountain Trade and Development Bank expanded into the Eastern Equatoria state by opening a new branch in the town of Nimule. On October 6, 2017;

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had pledged to supply power to two South Sudanese border towns as part of the Eastern Africa Power Pool agreement; that calls on all member states to connect electricity to each other. Uganda's energy minister Simon D'Ujanga said "400 kilo-volts of power will be supplied to the towns of Kaya and Nimule to boost socio-economic activities in the border areas."

Population

The population of Nimule was estimated at 45,000 in 2006. The current population is not publicly known, as of December 2014.

Climatic change

Nimule is situated in the Eastern part of South Sudan. It is one of the states in South Sudan which is hindered by climatic change. During rainy season it's affected by too much water which sometimes leads to flooding in some parts of the state.

One stop border post

In February 2020, the one stop border post (OSBP) on the Nimule side of the border was officially opened for business. The OSBP was built at a cost of US$5 million with financing from ''Trademark East Africa''. The OSBP on the Ugandan side at Elegu was completed earlier and was commissioned in November 2018. During the calendar year ending December 2019, South Sudan imported goods worth US$364 million from Uganda.

Economy

Commercial bank branches: * A branch of Equity Bank South Sudan Limited * A branch of Kenya Commercial Bank South Sudan Limited * A branch of Mountain Trade and Development Bank * A branch of Cooperative Bank of South Sudan.

Transportation and infrastructure

* Juba-Nimule Road - 119 mile road, that connects Juba to Numule SS Highway A43. * Gulu–Nimule Road - 65 mile road, that connects Highway A104 in Uganda with South Sudan Highway A43. * Nimule Airport - The airport, has a single unpaved runway which measures in length. * Nimule National Park - The national park is located just outside town, to the north and to the east.

Proposed improvements

* Rail Extension - In 2007, there were new proposals for a

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rail link between

and

passing through Nimule.

Accidents

# On 7 October 2006, a heavy truck with

n registration UAD 720U from

, carrying cement caused several spans on one of the two carriageways of the bridge to collapse into the river. # On Friday, 17 June 2011, two Ugandan buses, one traveling to Juba, South Sudan from Nimule and the other traveling in the opposite direction, collided head-on, in Pajili Village, about , north of Nimule, killing at least 28 people and injuring at least 65 others. A joint investigation by the

ese and

n authorities, cited (a) overloading (b) speeding and (c) driver fatigue as factors in the collision. # On Monday, 29 September 2014, a passenger bus traveling from

, crashed head-on with a truck-trailer carrying merchandise from Uganda to Juba. The accident which occurred at about 7.00 AM, killed at about 60 people and injured 13 others. Eyewitnesses stated that the truck was traveling on the wrong side of the road.

Points of interest

The following points of interest are located in or near Nimule: * The offices of Nimule Town Council * Cornerstone Children's Home, Cornerstone Academy and Cornerstone Clinic - Programs run by Fula Lifeline International, a non-profit NGO. * Merlin Hospital Nimule - A private,

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, owned and operated by Medical Emergency Relief International (Merlin), an NGO * Nimule Airport - A

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and

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* The International border between

and the Republic of Uganda * The Gulu-

Highway - , the highway is murram. Arrangements to convert the highway to

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surface are underway in both countries. * Nimule National Park - The national park is located just outside town, to the north and to the east. * The Leadership Academy of South Sudan (LASS) is located on the eastern outskirts of Nimule town.Leadership Academy South Sudan

References

External links

Website of Nimule Standard Newspaper
{{Authority control Populated places in Eastern Equatoria Magwi County South Sudan–Uganda border crossings