Africa · DX entity · DXCC 521

South Sudan

South Sudan is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 34 and ITU zone 48. Its primary prefix is Z8.

Flag of South Sudan.

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Figure 1. South Sudan and its states, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.009185 degrees, about 1 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 7.9° N 30° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	521
Name in the ADIF standard	SOUTH SUDAN (REPUBLIC OF)
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	Z8
CQ zone	34
ITU zone	48

Prefixes

Z8 is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for South Sudan.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.