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South Sudan in other languages: exonyms, Juba, flag and the ten states
South Sudan, officially the Republic of South Sudan, has been independent since 9 July 2011 and carries the ISO codes SS, SSD and 728. Its name stands here in 180 languages and variants and Juba in 54, followed by the ten states.
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- SS
- alpha-3
- SSD
- numeric
- 728
South Sudan
English · Latin
Republic of South Sudan
- English
- South SudanRepublic of South Sudan
- Capital
- JubaJuba
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
South Sudan in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | South Sudan | same as written |
| Croatian, Upper Sorbian, Slovenian | hrv / hsb / slv | Južni Sudan | same as written |
| Asturian, Spanish | ast / spa | Sudán del Sur | same as written |
| Danish, Swedish | dan / swe | Sydsudan | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish | deu / ltz | Südsudan | same as written |
| Finnish, Kven | fin / fkv | Etelä-Sudan | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Kirundi | kin / run | Sudan y’ubumanuko | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Suid-Soedan | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Sudán d’o Sud | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Cənubi Sudan / Ҹәнуби Судан | Cənubi Sudan |
| Bambara | bam | Sudan Woroduguyanfan | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Južni Sudan / Јужни Судан / يۆژنٖى سۆدان | Južni Sudan |
| Breton | bre | Soudan ar Su, Susoudan | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Sudan del Sud | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Jižní Súdán | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Soudan Soth | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Sudan suttana | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Cenübiy Sudan / Дженюбий Судан | Cenübiy Sudan |
| Kashubian | csb | Półniowy Sudan | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | De Sudan | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian | dsb | Pódpołdnjowy Sudan | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Suda Sudano | same as written |
| Estonian | est | Lõuna-Sudaan | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Hego Sudan | same as written |
| Extremaduran | ext | Sudán del Sul | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Suðursudan | same as written |
| French | fra | Sud-Soudan | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Sodan du Sud | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Súd-Sûdan | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Sudan dal Sud | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Üülen Sudan / Ӱӱлен Судан | Üülen Sudan |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Sudan a Deas | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An tSúdáin Theas | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Sudán do Sur | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Toodaan Yiass | same as written |
| Guarani | grn | Yvysudan | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Soudan disid | same as written |
| Hausa | hau | Sudan ta Kudu | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Dél-Szudán | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Sudan Ndida | same as written |
| Interlingua | ina | Sud-Sudan | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Sudan Selatan | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Suður-Súdan | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Sudan del Sud, Sud Sudan | same as written |
| Javanese | jav | Sudan Kidul | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Tuʻslik Sudan / Түслик Судан | Tuʻslik Sudan |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Sûdana Başûr | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Sudania Australis, Sudania Meridionalis | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Dienvidsudāna | same as written |
| Limburgish | lim | Zuud-Soedan | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Sudani ya Sidi | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Pietų Sudanas | same as written |
| Ladin (Val Badia) | lld | Sudan dl Süd | same as written |
| Ladin (Gherdëina) | lld | Sudan dl Sud | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Dīnavydu Sudans | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Sodana Atsimo | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Sudan t’Isfel | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Sudanul de Sud / Суданул де Суд | Sudanul de Sud |
| Malay | msa | Sudan Selatan / سودان سلاتن | Sudan Selatan |
| Nahuatl | nah | Sudan Huitztlāmpa | same as written |
| Navajo | nav | Shádiʼááhjí Soodą́ą | same as written |
| Low German | nds | Süüdsudan | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | Zuid-Soedan | same as written |
| Norwegian | nor | Sør-Sudan | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Sououdaun-du-Su | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Sodan del Sud | same as written |
| Papiamentu | pap | Sur-Sudan | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Sudan Południowy | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Sudão do Sul, Sudão Meridional | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Urin Sudan | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Sudutni Sudan / सुदुत्नी सुदान | Sudutni Sudan |
| Romansh | roh | Sudan dal Sid | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | Sudanul de Sud | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Sudan di Not | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Sudan dû Sud | same as written |
| Scots | sco | Sooth Sudan | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Južný Sudán | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Jugju Sudan / Йугйу Судан | Jugju Sudan |
| Northern Sami | sme | Mátta-Sudan | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Pėitū Sudans | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Malo Sutana | same as written |
| Somali | som | Koonfur Suudaan | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Sudani i Jugut | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Sudàn de Josso | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Suud-Sudan | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Sudan Kusini | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Pouedńowy Sudan | same as written |
| Tetum | tet | Sudaun Súl | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Timog Sudan | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Günorta Sudan / Гүнорта Судан | Günorta Sudan |
| Turkish | tur | Güney Sudan | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Janubiy Sudan / Жанубий Судан / جەنۇبىي سۇدەن | Janubiy Sudan |
| Vietnamese | vie | Nam Sudan | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Sulüda-Sudän | same as written |
| Võro | vor | Lõunõ-Sudaan | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Nonne Soudan | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Sudaan gu Bëj-saalum, Sudaan bu Sid | same as written |
| Yoruba | yor | Gúúsù Sudan | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Sudanê Veroci | same as written |
| Komi-Permyak, Komi | koi / kom | Лунвыв Судан | Lunvyv Sudan |
| Abkhaz | abk | Аладатәи Судан | Aladatwi Sudan |
| Altai | alt | Тӱштӱк Судан | Tüštük Sudan |
| Avar | ava | Югалъулаб Судан | Jugałulab Sudan |
| Bashkir | bak | Көньяҡ Судан / Könyaķ Sudan | Könyaķ Sudan |
| Belarusian | bel | Паўднёвы Судан / Paŭdniovy Sudan | Paŭdniovy Sudan |
| Bulgarian | bul | Южен Судан | Južen Sudan |
| Chechen | che | Къилбера Судан / Q̇ilbera Sudan | Q̇ilbera Sudan |
| Chuvash | chv | Кӑнтӑр Судан | Kăntăr Sudan |
| Kazakh | kaz | Оңтүстік Судан / وڭتۇستىك سۋدان / Oñtüstik Swdan | Oñtüstik Swdan |
| Kabardian | kbd | Ипшъэ Судан | Ipṣ̌ă Sudan |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Түштүк Судан / تۉشتۉك سۇدان / Tüştük Sudan | Tüştük Sudan |
| Khakas | kjh | Южнай Судан | Južnaj Sudan |
| Kurdish (Caucasus) | kmr | Судана Щәнубе / Sûdana Cenûbê | Sûdana Cenûbê |
| Karachay-Balkar | krc | Къыбыла Судан | Qybyla Sudan |
| Kumyk | kum | Къыбла Судан | Qybla Sudan |
| Lezgi | lez | Кьиблепатан Судан | Q̇iblepatan Sudan |
| Moksha Mordvin | mdf | Лямбеширень Судан | Ljambeširen' Sudan |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Кечывалвел Судан | Kečyvalvel Sudan |
| Macedonian | mkd | Јужен Судан | Južen Sudan |
| Mongolian | mon | Өмнөд Судан | Ömnöd Sudan |
| Hill Mari | mrj | Кечӹвӓлвел Судан | Kečÿvälvel Sudan |
| Ossetian | oss | Хуссар Судан | Ȟussar Sudan |
| Rusyn | rue | Южный Судан | Južnŷj Sudan |
| Russian | rus | Южный Судан | Južnyj Sudan |
| Yakut | sah | Соҕуруу Судан | Soġuruu Sudan |
| Serbian | srp | Јужни Судан / Južni Sudan | Južni Sudan |
| Tatar | tat | Көньяк Судан / Könyaq Sudan / كۆنياق سۇدان | Könyaq Sudan |
| Tajik | tgk | Судони Ҷанубӣ / سودان جنوبی / Sudoni Çanubī | Sudoni Çanubī |
| Tuvan | tyv | Мурнуу-Судан | Murnuu- Sudan |
| Udmurt | udm | Лымшор Судан | Lymšor Sudan |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Південний Судан | Pivdennyj Sudan |
| Kalmyk | xal | Өмн үзгин Судан | Ömn üzgin Sudan |
| Arabic | ara | جنوب السودان | Ǧanūbu s-Sūdān |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | جنوبی سودان / Cənubi Sudan | Cənubi Sudan |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | سوودانی باشوور / Sûdanî Başûr | Sûdanî Başûr |
| Persian | fas | سودان جنوبی / Sudâne Janubi | Sudâne Janubi |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | دکھن سوڈان | Dakʰan Sūḋān |
| Dari | prs | سودان جنوبی | Sūdān-e Janūbī |
| Pashto | pus | سهيلي سوډان, سهيلي سودان | Sahīlī Sūḋān, Sahīlī Sūdān |
| Sindhi | snd | ڏکڻ سوڏان | Ḋakʰaṇu Sūḋān |
| Uyghur | uig | جەنۇبىي سۇدان / Jenubiy Sudan / Җәнубий Судан | Jenubiy Sudan |
| Urdu | urd | جنوبی سوڈان | Janūbī Sūḋān |
| Dhivehi | div | ދެކުނު ސޫދާން | Dekunu Sūdān |
| Hebrew | heb | דרום סודאן | Dərōm Sūdān |
| Ladino | lad | סודאן דיל סוד / Sudan del Sud | Sudan del Sud |
| Yiddish | yid | דרום סודאַן | Dorem Sudan |
| Kabyle | kab | ⵙⵓⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵓⵏⵥⵓⵍ / Sudan n Unẓul | Sudan n Unẓul |
| Amharic | amh | ደቡብ ሱዳን | Däbub Sudan |
| Greek | ell | Νότιο Σουδάν | Nótia Soydán |
| Armenian | hye | Հարավային Սուդան | Haravayin Soudan |
| Georgian | kat | სამხრეთი სუდანი | Samȟreṭi Sudani |
| Laz | lzz | ომჟორე სუდანი / Omjore Sudani | Omjore Sudani |
| Mingrelian | xmf | ობჟათე სუდანი | Obžaṭe Sudani |
| Hindi | hin | दक्षिण सूडान | Dakṣiṇ Sūḍān |
| Marathi | mar | दक्षिण सुदान | Dakšiṇ Sudān |
| Bengali | ben | দক্ষিণ সুদান | Dôkṣiṇ Sudān |
| Gujarati | guj | દક્ષિણ સુદાન | Dakṣiṇ Sudān |
| Odia | ori | ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ସୁଡାନ | Dôkṣiṇ Suḍān |
| Punjabi | pan | ਦੱਖਣ ਸੂਡਾਨ | Dakʰkʰaṇ Sūḍān |
| Sinhala | sin | දකුණු සූඩානය | Dakuṇu Sūḍānaya |
| Kannada | kan | ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಸುಡಾನ್ | Dakṣiṇa Suḍān |
| Malayalam | mal | ദക്ഷിണ സുഡാൻ | Dakṣiṇa Suḍān |
| Tamil | tam | தெற்கு சூடான் | Teṛku Cūṭāṉ |
| Telugu | tel | దక్షిణ సూడాన్ | Dakṣiṇa Sūḍān |
| Chinese | zho | 南蘇丹/南苏丹 | Nán Sūdān |
| Japanese | jpn | 南部スーダン | Nanbu Sūdan |
| Korean | kor | 남수단 | Nam Sudan |
| Tibetan | bod | ལྷོ་སུའུ་དའན། | Lō. Sū.dān |
| Burmese | mya | တောင်ဆူဒန် | Toũ Sʰudã |
| Thai | tha | ซูดานใต้ | Sūdān Tái |
| Lao | lao | ສູດັງໄຕ້ | Sūdâṅ Tái |
| Khmer | khm | ស៊ូដង់ខាងត្បូង | Sūdăṅ Kʰāṅtbūṅ |
Most languages combine their word for south with their name for Sudan: Südsudan in German, Sud-Soudan in French, Sudan Kusini in Swahili, جنوب السودان (Ǧanūbu s-Sūdān) in Arabic.
02 · NamesU+12F0 ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE DA
Südsudan, Sud-Soudan, Sudan Kusini
South Sudan became independent from Sudan on 9 July 2011, and the name was formed the obvious way, as the southern part of Sudan. English is the official language, so the state is the Republic of South Sudan at home; the adjective is South Sudanese.
Abroad the name is a compound almost everywhere, which makes the table of 180 languages unusually regular. Arabic says جنوب السودان, the south of Sudan, Amharic ደቡብ ሱዳን (Däbub Sudan), Armenian Հարավային Սուդան. The capital Juba is just as stable; German Dschuba and French Djouba only adjust the spelling.
Juba in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639-3 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Luxembourgish | eng / ltz | Juba | same as written |
| Czech, Lithuanian, Slovak | ces / lit / slk | Džuba | same as written |
| German, Low German | deu / nds | Dschuba, Juba | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Joeba | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Cuba / Ҹуба | Cuba |
| Bosnian | bos | Džuba / Џуба / جۆبا | Džuba |
| French | fra | Djouba | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Jûba | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Dzsuba | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Giuba, Juba | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Zuba | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Džūba | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Juba / جوبا | Juba |
| Occitan | oci | Joba | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Dżuba | same as written |
| Somali | som | Jubba | same as written |
| Spanish | spa | Yuba | same as written |
| Turkish | tur | Cuba | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / rus / ukr | Джуба | Džuba |
| Bashkir | bak | Джуба / Djuba | Djuba |
| Belarusian | bel | Джуба / Džuba | Džuba |
| Chuvash | chv | Джубӑ | Džubă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Жуба / جۋبا / Jwba | Jwba |
| Kabardian | kbd | Джубэ | Džubă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Джуба / جۇبا / Cuba | Cuba |
| Macedonian | mkd | Џуба | Džuba |
| Ossetian | oss | Джубӕ | Džubä |
| Serbian | srp | Џуба / Džuba | Džuba |
| Tatar | tat | Джуба / Cuba / جۇبا | Cuba |
| Arabic | ara | جوبا | Ǧūbā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | جوبا / Cuba | Cuba |
| Persian | fas | جوبا / Jubâ | Jubâ |
| Uyghur | uig | جۇبا / Juba / Җуба | Juba |
| Urdu | urd | جوبا | Jūbā |
| Hebrew | heb | ג׳ובה | Jūbah |
| Yiddish | yid | דזשובאַ | Džuba |
| Greek | ell | Τζούμπα | Tzoýmpa |
| Armenian | hye | Ջուբա | J̌ouba |
| Georgian | kat | ჯუბა | J̌uba |
| Hindi | hin | जूबा | Jūbā |
| Marathi | mar | जुबा | Dzubā |
| Bengali | ben | জুবা | Jubā |
| Malayalam | mal | ജൂബ | Jūba |
| Tamil | tam | ஜூபா | Jūpā |
| Chinese | zho | 朱巴 | Zhūbā |
| Japanese | jpn | ジュバ | Juba |
| Korean | kor | 주바 | Juba |
| Thai | tha | จูบา | Čūbā |
German writes Dschuba beside Juba and French Djouba, both spelling the English j sound in their own way.
The ten states of South Sudan with ISO 3166-2 codes
ISO 3166-2:SS has coded ten states since December 2011. They are the states South Sudan had at independence, and after two reorganisations in 2015 and 2017 the country returned to them in February 2020.
| ISO 3166-2 | Name on the list | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| States10 | ||||
| SS-EC | Central Equatoria State | Central Equatoria | JubaJuba | |
| SS-EE | Eastern Equatoria State | Eastern Equatoria | ToritTorit | 2020 Capital Torit; the list of 2011 gives Kapoeta |
| SS-JG | Jonglei State | Jonglei | BorBor | |
| SS-LK | Lakes State | Lakes | RumbekRumbek | |
| SS-BN | Northern Bahr al Ghazal State | Northern Bahr el Ghazal | AweilAweil | |
| SS-UY | Unity State | Unity | BentiuBentiu | |
| SS-NU | Upper Nile State | Upper Nile | MalakalMalakal | |
| SS-WR | Warrap State | Warrap | KuajokKuajok | 2020 Capital Kuajok; the list of 2011 gives Warrap |
| SS-BW | Western Bahr al Ghazal State | Western Bahr el Ghazal | WauWau | |
| SS-EW | Western Equatoria State | Western Equatoria | YambioYambio | |
Codes and ISO names: ISO 3166-2:SS on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:SS, checked 28 October 2026. Capitals: Wikipedia's States of South Sudan, checked the same day.
05 · States
Ten states, then 28 and 32, then ten again
In October 2015 a presidential decree replaced the ten states with 28, and in 2017 the number rose to 32. Under the peace agreement of February 2020 the country returned to the ten states, joined by two administrative areas, Greater Pibor and Ruweng, and the Abyei Area with a special status. ISO 3166-2 has kept the ten state codes throughout and does not list the three areas.
Two capitals differ from the list of 2011: Eastern Equatoria is governed from Torit, not Kapoeta, and Warrap from Kuajok.
06 · Questions
Questions about the names and states of South Sudan
When did South Sudan become independent?
On 9 July 2011, when it separated from Sudan.
What are the ISO codes of South Sudan?
SS (alpha-2), SSD (alpha-3) and 728 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.
How many states does South Sudan have?
Ten since February 2020, plus the administrative areas of Greater Pibor and Ruweng and the Abyei Area. ISO 3166-2 codes the ten states.