Malakal

Malakal
City
Malakal in August 2005
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
Region	Greater Upper Nile
State	Upper Nile State
County	Malakal County
Payam	Central Malakal and Southern Malakal
Elevation	385 m (1,263 ft)
Population  (2014 est)
• Total	147,450
Time zone	UTC+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.