Thar Jath is a community in
Koch County,
Unity State,
South Sudan.
Thar Jath was chosen as a base by the consortium that developed the
Block 5A, South Sudan
Block 5A is an oil concession in South Sudan.
After oil field development began during the Second Sudanese Civil War, Block 5A was the scene of extensive fighting as rival militias struggled for control.
Out of an original population of 240,000, ...
concession, naming the oil field "Thar Jath" after the town.
In 1998 the consortium established a drilling site at Ryer, in Jagei Nuer territory, near the port of Thar Jath on the Nile. In 1998 they built an unpaved road from
Bentiu
Bentiu, also spelled Bantiu, is a city in South Sudan and capital of the state of Unity State.
Location
Bentiu is located in Rubkona County, Unity State, in northern South Sudan, near the international border with the Republic of the Sudan. It li ...
to the north via Duar and Guk to Ryer and Thar Jath.
References
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Populated places in Unity (state)