Travel Alert Status
					    
				Level 4: Do Not Travel			
			
			
			
						
									
Time Difference
					    
				UTC+2 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)			
			
			
			
						
									
Travel Climate
					    
				hot with seasonal rainfall influenced by the annual shift of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone; rainfall is heaviest in the upland areas of the south and diminishes to the north			
			
			
			
						
									
Languages
					    
				English (official), Arabic (includes Juba and Sudanese variants) (official), regional languages include Dinka, Nuer, Bari, Zande, Shilluk			
			
			
			
						
									
Ethnic Groups
					    
				Dinka, Kakwa, Bari, Azande, Shilluk, Kuku, Murle, Mandari, Didinga, Ndogo, Bviri, Lndi, Anuak, Bongo, Lango, Dungotona, Acholi			
			
			
			
						
									
National Holiday
					    
				Independence Day, 9 July (2011)			
			
			
			
						
									
Geographic Coordinates
					    
				8 00 N, 30 00 E			
			
			
			
						
									
Location
					    
				East-Central Africa; south of Sudan, north of Uganda and Kenya, west of Ethiopia			
			
			
			
						
									
Airports
					    
				83