East Equatoria

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Coordinates: 4°45′N, 33°11′E

East Equatoria
East Equatoria

East Equatoria (Arabic: شرق الاستوائية; transliterated: Sharq al-'Istiwa'iyah) is one of the 26 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 82,542 km². Kapoita is the capital of the state.

The state shares international borders with Uganda in the south, with Kenya in the south-east and with Ethiopia in the north-east. The Ilemi Triangle in the east, between East Equatoria and Lake Turkana, is or has been disputed among all three abutting states (Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia).