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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88" title="بنتیو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بنتیو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%9A%B0" title="벤티우 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="벤티우" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3" title="ბენტიუ – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ბენტიუ" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88" title="بانتيو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بانتيو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" title="Bentiu – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Bentiu" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu_(miasto)" title="Bentiu (miasto) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bentiu (miasto)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentiu" 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.od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Sudan_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bentiu is located in South Sudan"><img alt="Bentiu is located in South Sudan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/South_Sudan_adm_location_map.svg/250px-South_Sudan_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="181" class="mw-file-element" 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style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Bentiu</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in South Sudan</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Bentiu&params=9_15_36_N_29_48_00_E_region:SS_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">9°15′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">29°48′00″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">9.26000°N 29.80000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">9.26000; 29.80000</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="570" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Upper_Nile" title="Greater Upper Nile">Greater Upper Nile</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_of_South_Sudan" title="States of South Sudan">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unity_(state)" title="Unity (state)">Unity State</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County" title="County">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rubkona_County" title="Rubkona County">Rubkona County</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">347 m (1,138 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2010 est.)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6,508 (plus 120,000 in the surrounding refugee/IDP camp)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_Africa_Time" title="Central Africa Time">CAT</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bentiu</b>, also spelled <b>Bantiu</b>, is a city in <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>. It is the capital of <a href="/wiki/Unity_(state)" title="Unity (state)">Unity State</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bentiu is located in <a href="/wiki/Rubkona_County" title="Rubkona County">Rubkona County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Unity_(state)" title="Unity (state)">Unity State</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Upper_Nile" title="Greater Upper Nile">Greater Upper Nile</a> region of <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>, near the international border with the <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Republic of the Sudan</a>. It lies approximately 654 kilometers (406 miles), by road, northwest of <a href="/wiki/Juba,_South_Sudan" class="mw-redirect" title="Juba, South Sudan">Juba</a>, the capital and largest city in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bentiu sits on the southern bank of the <a href="/wiki/Bahr_el_Ghazal_River" title="Bahr el Ghazal River">Bahr el Ghazal River</a> that separates it from the town of <a href="/wiki/Rubkona" title="Rubkona">Rubkona</a>, which sits on the river's northern bank. The two towns are joined by the <i>El Salaam Bridge</i> that spans the river.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This bridge, along with a market, was bombed and partially damaged by <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">North Sudanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan_MiG-29#Sudan" title="Mikoyan MiG-29">MiG-29 bomber airplanes</a> on April 23, 2012, during the <a href="/wiki/Heglig_Crisis" title="Heglig Crisis">Heglig Crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least three people were killed in the raid.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Population">Population</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2006<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, the population of Bentiu including entire Guit County Payams was estimated at 100,230.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town was the administrative, political and commercial center of <a href="/wiki/Unity_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Unity State">Unity state</a> before its reorganisation in 2015 into the three new states of <a href="/wiki/Ruweng_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruweng State">Ruweng</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Liech_State" title="Southern Liech State">Southern Liech</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liech_State" title="Northern Liech State">Northern Liech</a>, and since the state's re-establishment.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state governor maintains the headquarters of the state in the town, however the county headquarters for Rubkona County are situated in the town of <a href="/wiki/Rubkona" title="Rubkona">Rubkona</a>, across the river. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/South_Sudanese_Civil_War" title="South Sudanese Civil War">South Sudanese conflict</a> that began in December 2013, the national government lost control of the town to a commander loyal to former vice president <a href="/wiki/Riek_Machar" title="Riek Machar">Riek Machar</a>, although Machar denied this.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Violence in the area continued, and on January 17, 2014, a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> official was quoted as saying that the town "simply did not exist anymore", and that "it was completely burnt down".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2014, <a href="/wiki/2014_Bentiu_massacre" title="2014 Bentiu massacre">hundreds of Bentiu civilians were massacred</a> by the "<a href="/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Movement-in-Opposition" title="Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition">Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition Army</a>" led by Machar.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="IDP_Camp:_United_Nations_Protection_of_Civilians_Site_Bentiu">IDP Camp: United Nations Protection of Civilians Site Bentiu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: IDP Camp: United Nations Protection of Civilians Site Bentiu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2014, between 40,000 and 50,000 people lived in Bentiu's refugee/<a href="/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" title="Internally displaced person">IDP</a> camp, located outside the ransacked town of Bentiu, and <a href="/wiki/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res" title="Médecins Sans Frontières">Doctors Without Borders</a> had begun to provide medical services.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2015 survey indicated that <a href="/wiki/Nuer_language" title="Nuer language">Nuer</a> was the preferred language for radio and news in the camp.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 2016, the camp was considered the largest <a href="/wiki/Refugee_camp" title="Refugee camp">refugee camp</a> in South Sudan, and over 120,000 people had sought refuge there to escape fighting. Conditions in the camp were especially difficult in the dry season, when temperatures can reach 115 degrees <a href="/wiki/Fahrenheit" title="Fahrenheit">Fahrenheit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Additional wells were drilled to increase the available water supply, with the assistance of the Groundwater Relief charitable organization.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, a <a href="/wiki/Plant_nursery" title="Plant nursery">tree nursery</a> pilot project was implemented for the camp, by the <a href="/wiki/International_Organization_for_Migration" title="International Organization for Migration">International Organization for Migration</a> South Sudan, with support from the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Disaster_Assistance" title="Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance">USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Directorate-General_for_European_Civil_Protection_and_Humanitarian_Aid_Operations" title="Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations">European Commission Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations</a>, using "local trees such as <a href="/wiki/Mango" title="Mango">mango</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guava" title="Guava">guava</a>, neem, dinkipesha, ban, keer, meth, <a href="/wiki/Lemon" title="Lemon">lemon</a>, bannes, powpow, dhuras, chokas, etc."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2018, Doctors without Borders reported that a series of shocking attacks had occurred, against 125 women and girls who were walking to a food distribution center in Bentiu.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 20, the <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_South_Sudan" title="Politics of South Sudan">Government of South Sudan</a> said "claims of sexual attacks on more than 150 women and girls outside Bentiu in Northern Liech State are unfounded and baseless."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Mission_in_South_Sudan" title="United Nations Mission in South Sudan">United Nations Mission in South Sudan</a> deployed a human rights team to the area to investigate allegations of 150 rapes, added patrols for additional protection, and began clearing brush and vegetation from roadsides to deter attackers.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 2021 documentary, <i>Voices from Bentiu</i>, portrays the work of Doctors not Borders staff and patients.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population count at the camp as of October 2023 was fluctuating between roughly 100,000 to 160,000, as people sought refuge from armed conflicts and two years of flooding due to heavy rainfall.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The former <a href="/wiki/Unity_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Unity State">Unity state</a> is the location of some of the largest oil deposits in South Sudan. The <a href="/wiki/Heglig#Heglig_oil_field" title="Heglig">Heglig oil field</a>, to the north of Bentiu, straddles the border between <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Greater_Nile_Oil_Pipeline" title="Greater Nile Oil Pipeline">Greater Nile Oil Pipeline</a> begins in <a href="/wiki/Unity_oilfield" title="Unity oilfield">Unity oil field</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Liech_State" title="Northern Liech State">Northern Liech state</a> and extends north into the <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Republic of the Sudan</a> to the refinery at <a href="/wiki/Port_Sudan" title="Port Sudan">Port Sudan</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Red_Sea" title="Red Sea">Red Sea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another oilfield sits near the township of Tarjath, about 60 kilometers (35 miles) to the south of the town. A lot of petroleum-related activity goes on in and around Bentiu.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCB_Bank_South_Sudan_Limited" title="KCB Bank South Sudan Limited">Kenya Commercial Bank South Sudan</a> maintains a branch in Bentiu.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VOA_bentiu_2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/VOA_bentiu_2.png/220px-VOA_bentiu_2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/VOA_bentiu_2.png/330px-VOA_bentiu_2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/VOA_bentiu_2.png/440px-VOA_bentiu_2.png 2x" data-file-width="846" data-file-height="432" /></a><figcaption>A typical street in Bentiu</figcaption></figure> <p>After the destruction during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War" title="Second Sudanese Civil War">Second Sudanese Civil War</a>, infrastructure in and around Bentiu is now being rebuilt. The projects that have been rehabilitated, constructed, or restored include the following: </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Bentiu_Airport" title="Bentiu Airport">Bentiu Airport</a> - located just north of <a href="/wiki/Rubkona" title="Rubkona">Rubkona</a>, opposite Bentiu on the <a href="/wiki/Bahr_el_Ghazal_River" title="Bahr el Ghazal River">Bahr el Ghazal River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentiu_Civil_Hospital" title="Bentiu Civil Hospital">Bentiu Civil Hospital</a> - donated and constructed by the <a href="/wiki/China_National_Petroleum_Corporation" title="China National Petroleum Corporation">China National Petroleum Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahr_el_Ghazal_River" title="Bahr el Ghazal River">Bahr el Ghazal River</a> - redredged to allow barges free passage</li> <li>Rubkona New Market - largest source of fresh produce for both towns</li> <li>Bentiu water treatment plant - "rehabilitated and upgraded" in May 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bentiu is also the location of the planned Western Upper Nile University, a promise by the state's education officials to speed up the higher education system in what was then Unity state. Bentiu has three primary schools and two secondary schools. These schools were teaching in <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> before 2005, and as of 2011, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> is being taught.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guit_County" title="Guit County">Guit County</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentiu_Airport" title="Bentiu Airport">Bentiu Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unity_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Unity state">Unity state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Upper_Nile" title="Greater Upper Nile">Greater Upper Nile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Nile_Oil_Pipeline" title="Greater Nile Oil Pipeline">Greater Nile Oil Pipeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greater_Nile_Petroleum_Operating_Company" title="Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company">Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Bentiu_massacre" title="2014 Bentiu massacre">2014 Bentiu massacre</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bentiu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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