Equatoria 363300 224946573 2008-07-11T03:29:06Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other :''For the Astrometrical device, please refer to: [[Equatorium]]'' [[Image:Map Sudan Equatoria.png|thumb|180px| Location of Equatoria province in Sudan]] [[Image:Su-map.png|thumb|190px|right| Towns in the region.]] '''Equatoria''' ('''Al-Istiwa'iyah''' in [[Arabic language|Arabic]]) began as a province of [[Egypt]], located in the extreme south of present-day [[Sudan]] along the upper reaches of the [[White Nile]]. It also contained most of Northern part of present day [[Uganda]] as well, all [[Albert Lake]] including. It was an idealistic effort to create a model state in the interior of [[Africa]] that never consisted of more than a handful of adventurers and soldiers in isolated outposts. Equatoria was established by [[Samuel Baker]] in 1870. [[Charles George Gordon]] took over as Governor in 1874, followed by [[Emin Pasha]] in 1878. The [[Muhammad Ahmed|Mahdist Revolt]] of the 1880s finally put an end to the pretense, and Equatoria ceased to exist as an Egyptian oupost in 1889. Later British Governors included [[Martin Willoughby Parr|Martin Parr]]. Important settlements in Equatoria included [[Lado District|Lado]], [[Gondokoro]], [[Dufile]] and [[Wadelai]]. The last two are in the part of Equatoria that is now in [[Uganda]]. Under [[History of Sudan|Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]], most of Equatoria became one of the eight original provinces. The state of [[Bahr al Ghazal]] was split from Equatoria in 1948. In 1976, Equatoria was further split into the states of [[East Equatoria|East]] and [[West Equatoria]]. The region has been troubled with violence during both the [[First Sudanese Civil War|First]] and [[Second Sudanese Civil War]]s, as well as the anti-Ugandan insurgencies based in Sudan, such as the [[Lord's Resistance Army]] and [[West Nile Bank Front]]. ==References== * R. Gray, ''A History of the Southern Sudan, 1839-1889'' (London, 1961) * [[Iain R. Smith]] : ''The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1890'', [[Oxford University Press]], 1972 ==See also== * [[Southern Sudan]] [[Category:Regions of Sudan]] [[Category:History of Sudan]] [[Category:History of Egypt]] [[Category:Equatoria| ]] {{Egypt-geo-stub}} {{Sudan-geo-stub}} [[de:Äquatoria]] [[he:אקווטוריה]] [[pl:Ekwatoria]]