Adok Explained

Official Name:Adok
Pushpin Map:South Sudan
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in South Sudan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: South Sudan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Greater Upper Nile
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Unity State
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Leer County
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone Dst:+3GMT
Coordinates:8.1885°N 30.3069°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info:Aw

Adok is a port on the White Nile in the Leer County of Unity State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan.In the early 1980s Chevron Corporation found oil in Adok.

Adok had strategic value during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005).Between October and December 1991 the town was the scene of fighting between the Nasir and Torit factions of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).In the late 1990s the Austrian company OMV began explorations in the Leer-Adok area.Between December 2002 and early February 2003 the government made a renewed push to clear the road south from Bentiu to the port of Adok.

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