Palotaka (sometimes spelled Palataka) as is a community in

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 Eastern Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 73,472 km2. The capital city is Torit. On October 1, 1972, the state was divided into Imatong and Namorunyang states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 F ...

state in

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. It is about southeast of

Magwi Magwi is a town in South Sudan. It is the capital, business center and home to the Acholi tribe of South Sudan. Location The town is located in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria in southern South Sudan, near the border with the Republic of Ugand ...

. At one time Palotaka was a thriving town. During the

Second Sudanese Civil War The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement, Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil Wa ...

(1983-2005) it was in turn a base for the

Sudan People's Liberation Army The South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), formerly the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), is the military force of South Sudan. The SPLA was founded as a guerrilla movement against the government of Sudan in 1983 and was a key parti ...

and the Sudan Armed Forces, and was almost abandoned. In March 1993 Moli Tokoro and Borongoli camps were evacuated for Natinga after the National Islamic Front had made advances in the south. The route led through Palotaka, where about 800 of the unaccompanied minors decided to settle. Following the war, many refugees from Uganda have returned and are being helped to resettle by the

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(UNHCR).

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Populated places in Eastern Equatoria Magwi County {{SouthSudan-geo-stub