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Juba
Capital and largest city of South Sudan

Juba

Juba is the capital and largest city of South Sudan.

Plan a trip to Juba→From Entebbe

The city is situated on the White Nile and also serves as the capital of the Central Equatoria State. It is the most recently declared national capital and had a population of 525,953 in 2017. It has an area of 52 km2 (20 sq mi), with the metropolitan area covering 336 km2 (130 sq mi).

Get in

Getting to Juba

Direct commercial flights from Nairobi (Kenya Airways and others) and Addis Ababa (Ethiopian Airways) to Juba are the most popular entry routes. Multiple daily flights from Khartoum, Sudan (costing around US$200) and Entebbe, Uganda are also available. Charter and UN flights are also available from Lokichokio. Egyptair has direct flight twice per week from Cairo and Turkish Airlines also two per week from Istanbul.

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    Directorate of Immigration Alien Registration
See

Worth seeing

"Greek" buildings. In the 1920s the city grew rapidly, and about 2,000 Greeks lived here working as merchants and tradesmen. Many of the city's major public stone buildings like the Ivory Bank, Notos Lounge, the old Sudan Airways Building, Paradise Hotel, Nile Commercial Bank and Buffalo Commercial Bank were developed by Greeks at this time, as were later the Central Bank and Juba Hotel buildings.

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    Juba Stadium

    A multi-use stadium, opened in 1962 and home to the national football team.

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    John Garang Mausoleum

    Final resting place of John Garang, who led the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement to gain independence for South Sudan in 2011.

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    St. Theresa Cathedral. Built
Do

Things to do

Plan to entertain yourself as there is not much to see or do. However, due to the many expats including many Kenyans, Ugandans and the hundreds of Westerners there are numerous bars, restaurants and nightspots. There is something going on most weekends. You can also take a boat trip on the Nile, go fishing, go jogging, and there's a Hash House Harriers in Juba.

Eat

Where to eat

The Village and Da Vinci camp are battling over who cooks the best pizza in town. Home and Away has some average food at western prices in western-ish surroundings. Numerous tent camps line the Nile, and all look the same, buffets tend to be the norm. Prices vary widely. Worth seeking out Rock City for the views over Juba.

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    Da Vinci's Restaurant
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    Notos Lounge Bar & Grill

    A smart restaurant with outdoor seating area.

How locals move

Getting around Juba the local way

  • Get inCharter and UN flights are also available from Lokichokio.
  • Get aroundIf you are coming here to live and work, a car is essential to get around - although there are a lot of boda bodas (motorbike taxis) running during the day.
  • Get aroundThe roads are mostly unsealed, but you can get by in a saloon - although after a heavy rain it's 4x4 only.
  • Go nextFrom Kosti, there are daily busses and minibuses to Khartoum.

From Wikivoyage: Juba, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see file page), Wikimedia Commons.