Aswa, South Sudan

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IDP Camp in Equatoria, South Sudan

Aswa

IDP Camp

Aswa

Location in South Sudan

Coordinates: 3°43′22″N 31°58′16″E﻿ / ﻿3.72268°N 31.97112°E﻿ / 3.72268; 31.97112
Country|  South Sudan
Region| Equatoria
State| Eastern Equatoria
County| Magwi County

Aswa was an Internally displaced persons camp during the Second Sudanese Civil War near Nimule on the South Sudan-Uganda border.

## Location

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Aswa lies in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria about 18 km north of Nimule on the eastern banks of the Aswa River, roughly six Kilometers East from that river's confluence with the White Nile.[1]

## Demographics

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Together with nearby Ame and Atepi, Aswa belonged to the group of camps widely known as "Triple-A". Aswa was the last of the camps in the region to remain open so it received an estimated 10,000 people who fled government air and ground assaults on the other camps. The SSRA finally evacuated Aswa's population of roughly 37,000 eastwards to Mongali in early February 1994.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Map Sheet E: Eastern Equatoria (PDF) (Map). 1:500000. Southern Sudan Topographic Base Map Series. Centre for Development and Environment.[dead link]
2. ^ Rone, Jemera; John Prendergast; Karen Sorensen (1994). Civilian devastation : abuses by all parties in the war in southern Sudan. New York: Human Rights Watch. pp. 83–84\. ISBN 1564321290.

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