Lado, South Sudan
| Lado | |
|---|---|
  Lado Location in South Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 5°2′2″N 31°41′7″E / 5.03389°N 31.68528°ECoordinates: 5°2′2″N 31°41′7″E / 5.03389°N 31.68528°E | |
| 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] Travelling through Africa, Russian explorer Wilhelm Junker stayed in Lado in 1884, and wrote complimentarily of its brick buildings and neat streets.[4]
References
- ↑ Alan Moorehead (1960). The White Nile. p. 176. ISBN 0-06-095639-9.
- ↑
"Schnitzer, Edward". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. - ↑ Ascherson, N. The King Incorporated: Leopold II in the Age of Trusts, Granta Books, 2001. ISBN 1-86207-290-6.
- ↑ Middleton, p. 300
Sources
- Middleton, J. (1971) "Colonial rule among the Lugbara" in Colonialism in Africa, 1870-1960, vol. 3., (ed. Turner, V.), Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. ISBN 0521 07844 x.
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