Lado, South Sudan

Lado is a small settlement in Jubek State in South Sudan, on the west bank of the White Nile. It is situated north of the modern-day city of Juba.

Lado
Lado Location in South Sudan
Coordinates: 5°2′2″N 31°41′7″E
Country	South Sudan
State	Jubek State
• Summer (DST)	+3GMT

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]

Map of the Lado Enclave showing the location of Lado on the west bank of the White Nile

Map showing Lado halfway between Gondokoro and Mongalla

References

1. Alan Moorehead (1960). The White Nile. p. 176. ISBN 0-06-095639-9.
2.  Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Schnitzer, Edward" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.
3. Ascherson, N. The King Incorporated: Leopold II in the Age of Trusts, Granta Books, 2001. ISBN 1-86207-290-6.
4. 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.