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Shilluk

• Kingdom of the Shilluk Nation
• other names: Chollo, Collo

Contents

• Flags

• Meaning/Origin of the Flag

• Map

• Numbers and Facts

• History

Flags

since ca. 2011,
Flag of Shilluk,
ratio = 5:9,
Source, by: The only Project





ca. 19th cent. – 2011,
Flag of Shilluk,
ratio = 2:3,
Source, by: World Statesmen

Meaning/Origin of the Flag

The today's flag of the Shilluk Kingdom, shows very many, of equal width, horizontal colored stripes. Only the blue top stripe is slightly wider and gives in this way more space for a golden disc and a golden star. It is striking that the flag shows the historic colors of red, black and white, supplemented by the colors of Southern Sudan (green, white, red, black and blue), on whose territory the Kingdom is located. Possibly should this express loyalty to South Sudan. This seems to be important, not least because troops of Southern Sudan and Dinka militias attacked the capital of the kingdom in 2010 and 2011.

Source: Volker Preuß

Map

clickable Map:

Source: Map is Freeware, University of Texas Libraries,
modyfied by: Volker Preuß

Numbers and Facts

Area: ca. 3.860 square miles

Inhabitants: ca. 500.000, mostly Shilluk

Religions: mostly Christian

Density of Population: 130 inh./sq.mi.

Capital: Fashoda (Pachodo, Kodok), 7.709 inh. (2012)

official Language: Dhok Chollo

other Languages: English, Arabic, regional languages

Currency: 1 South Sudanese Pound (£SS, SSP) = 100 Piastres

Time Zone: GMT + 2 h

Source: Wikipedia (D), Wikipedia (EN)

History

1500 · immigration of the christian, nilotic Shilluk under King Nyikang, coming from the west of the today's southern Sudan, into their today's residential areas

16th to 18th century · Islamic-Arab attacks, from the 18th century even slave hunting

ca. 1860–1865 · Attacks by the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Shilluk loses influence and sovereignty

1881–1898 · anti-Egyptian and clerical revolt under the leadership of the Mahdi, Mohammed Ahmed called Mahdi, establish of the the Mahdi empire, the Christian people of the Shilluk is among others the first victim of the islamic and fanatic followers of the Mahdi, the nation of the Shilluk becomes potently decimated

2010/2011 · During the Second Sudanese war – as a result of it the Southern Sudan became independent from Sudan – the Shilluk Kingdom was attacked by troops of South Sudan (SPLA) and Dinka militias

Source: The only Project, World Statesmen, Die Völker der Erde, Wikipedia (EN)

 

 

 

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