Melut
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South SudanMelut
Maluth | |
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Town | |
  Melut Location in South Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 10°26′26″N 32°12′06″E / 10.440419°N 32.201529°E | |
| Country | South Sudan |
| Region | Greater Upper Nile |
| State | Upper Nile |
| County | Melut County |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Melut is a community in the Melut County of Upper Nile State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. It is the headquarters of Melut County.
The town is on the east bank of the White Nile, just below the point where the Adar River enters the Nile.[1] The region is one of wide, flat and low lying plains with black cotton soils, covered by Savannah grasslands and acacia trees. The River Nile and its small seasonal tributaries are the main sources of drinking water, fishing grounds and water for cattle, particularly in the dry season. The river Nile is also the main transportation route. The largest communities in the county are Dinka, Shilluk, Burun, Fur, Nubian and Nuer people. Most people relay on agro-pastoralism for a living, and engage in small scale trading.[2]
Melut gives its name to the Melut Basin. Chevron discovered a major oil field in this basin in 1981.[1] In October 1996 the GPC consortium drilled and reopened Chevron's wells and built an all-weather road connecting the Adar oilfield to Melut.[3]