Nhialdiu
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South SudanNhialdiu | |
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  Nhialdiu Location in South Sudan | |
| Coordinates: 9°01′23″N 29°40′45″E / 9.023144°N 29.679179°E | |
| Country | South Sudan |
| Region | Greater Upper Nile |
| State | Unity State |
| County | Rubkona County |
| Population (2006 Estimate) | |
• Total | 7,700 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (CAT) |
Nhialdiu (or Nhial Diu) is a large village in the Rubkona County of Unity State, in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Bentiu.
Nhialdiu is in Leek Nuer country.[1]
The village is at a strategic junction of dirt roads.[2] Between June 1997 and November 1998 fighting between factions in the Nhialdiu area caused about 70% of the population to flee to Bentiu and Mankien.[3] In early 1998 villages around Nhialdiu were looted and destroyed. The health center in Nhialdiu was destroyed.[4] Between July and August 2000 during fighting between militias a large band of country between Nimne and Nhialdiu was depopulated and burned to the ground.[5] Many attacks were reported on villages around Nhialdiu in January–April 2002.[6]
A study of Landsat data between 1999 and 2004 showed major shifts in land use that closely corresponded to reports of fighting in Block 5A. Between 1999 and 2002 most farming activity stopped in the bands that extended 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) on each side of the newly built oil roads. Traditional farming areas were abandoned and there was a gradual drift of farming activity towards the south and west. By 2002 there was no sign of any farming activity around Nhialdiu, where a series of village attacks were reported for the last three years.[7]