Lado, South Sudan

Lado
Lado
Location in South Sudan
Coordinates:
Country  South Sudan
State Central Equatoria

Lado is a settlement in Central Equatoria State in South Sudan, on the west bank of the White Nile.

When General Gordon was appointed governor of the Egyptian territory of Equatoria in 1874, he moved his capital from Gondokoro to Lado, which had a healthier climate.[1] In 1878 Emin Pasha was appointed Bey of Equatoria, then nominally under Egyptian control, with his base at Lado.[2] At one point the settlement was capital of the Lado Enclave.[3]

References

  1. ^ Alan Moorehead (1960). The White Nile. p. 176. ISBN 0060956399. 
  2. ^  "Schnitzer, Edward". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. 
  3. ^ Ascherson, N. The King Incorporated: Leopold II in the Age of Trusts, Granta Books, 2001. ISBN 1-86207-290-6.