Heglig
Heglig
هجلیج (Arabic) Panthou | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Coordinates: 9°59′58″N 29°23′55″E / 9.99944°N 29.39861°E | |
| Country | Sudan |
| State | West Kordofan |
Heglig Airport | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Airport type | Public / military | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Heglig | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,327 ft / 404 m | ||||||||||||||
| Map | |||||||||||||||
| Runways | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Heglig, or Panthou (also spelled Heglieg or Pandthow), is a small town at the border between the South Kordofan state of Sudan and the Unity State in South Sudan. The entirety of Heglig is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan, but administered by Sudan. The area was contested during the Sudanese Civil War. In mid-April 2012, South Sudan's Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) captured the Heglig oil field from Sudan. Sudan took it back at the Second Battle of Heglig ten days later.