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Bor District (South Sudan)
Bor County is a county of Jonglei State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. History By 1906, Bor District was a part of Mongalla Province, but later transferred to Upper Nile Province. In 1909–1910, people started settling along the northern border of the Bor-Duk districts, with the aim of separating the Nuer and Dinka communities, who had formerly intermingled. It is bordered by Twic East and Duk counties to the north,Yirol East County and Awerial County of Lakes State to the west, Pibor to the east, Central and Eastern Equatoria States, to the south. Payams A ''Payam'' is a mid-level administrative unit within counties that have a minimum population of 25,000 people. In 2016 Bor County was sub-divided into Bor Payam and five separate counties, each containing a single payam. These division were Bor County ( Kolnyang Payam), Bor East County ( Anyidi Payam), Bor Central County ( Makuach Payam), Bor West County (Baidit Payam Baidit is a Payam (adminis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the west by the Central African Republic. South Sudan's diverse landscape includes vast plains and plateaus, dry and tropical savannahs, inland floodplains, and forested mountains. The Nile, Nile River system is the defining physical feature of the country, running south to north across its center, which is dominated by a large swamp known as the Sudd. South Sudan has a population of just over 12.7 million in 2024. Juba is the Capital city, capital and largest city. Sudan was occupied by History of Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty, Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty and governed as an Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence in 1956. Following the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes State
Lakes is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 43,595.08 km2. Rumbek is the capital of the state. Lakes is in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, in addition to Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Warrap states. Bahr el Ghazal itself was a former province which was split from the Anglo-Egyptian '' mudiriyat'', or province of Equatoria in 1948. The eastern border was the White Nile with Jonglei State on the opposite bank. To the northeast lied the Unity State. Other borders included Warrap State towards the northwest, Western Equatoria to the south and west, and Central Equatoria to the south. In July 2011, Ramciel in Lakes state was under consideration by the federal government as a site for a new national capital, which would replace Juba. Administration Like all states in South Sudan, Lakes was divided into counties; there were eight counties, each headed by a County Commissioner. The counties are further divided into ''Payams'', then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jalle
Jalle is a Payam in Bor North County, in Jonglei State, South Sudan. It is situated on the east side of the Bahr al Jabal River between Bor and Twic East. History In 1988, during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005), a MiG-23MS crashed in Jalle Payam near Kolmarek. SPLA Radio reported at the time that the jet had suffered from a technical fault. It was sometimes later reported that the plane had been brought down by the SPLA. The aircraft's pilot, a second lieutenant from Benghazi, Libya, was captured by people living near the crash site and turned over to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The pilot and his aircraft were held out by the SPLA as "concrete evidence" of foreign involvement in the Second Sudanese Civil War. Demographics Jalle is composed of four bomas: Akuai-deng, Jalle, Kolmarek, and Kuei-juet. A number of reports incorrectly state that Jalle is composed of five bomas. This confusion may stem from references to "boma level vill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baidit
Baidit is a Payam (administrative division), Payam in Bor West County, in Jonglei States of South Sudan, State, South Sudan. It is situated on the east side of the White Nile, Bahr al Jabal River a short distance north of Bor, South Sudan. Baidit is the county headquarters for Bor West County. Baidit Payam is the center for figures such as Gen. Kuol Manyang Juuk. Baidit Massacre Around 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, 23 January 2022, at Baidit Payam, Bor County. Jonglei State, a group of organized gangs of criminals, heavily armed, suspected to be from neighboring Pibor Administrative Area, launched an attack in the area, killed and wounded innocent civilians, set homes on fire raided cattle, and marched Eastward. The State government and Jonglei Communities according to the letter, were and still are appalled by this shocking news this atrocious attack led to 32 innocent lives taken, 24 people wounded. 1 missing, 2,600 cattle raided, and a number of immovable properties destroyed or b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makuach, South Sudan
Makuach is a Payam in the Bor County of Jonglei State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan. It is situated on the east side of the Bahr al Jabal River. Bor town borders Makuach to the west, Baidit Payam to the north, and Anyidi Payam to the south. Demographics Makuach is composed of four bomas: Kapat, Konbek, Makuach, Madiing Boma and Werkok. According to the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008, Makuach had a combined population of 29,412 people, composed of 15,251 male and 14,161 female residents.The data collected during the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'' were to be the primary source of information for decisions about the number and demarcation of electoral constituencies and administrative boundaries in what was then southern Sudan. South Sudanese officials rejected census results for southern Sudan. See . Also, see Demographics of South Sudan. Makuach is home to four major communities. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anyidi, South Sudan
Anyidi is a Payam (administrative division), Payam in Bor County, in Jonglei States of South Sudan, State, South Sudan. It is situated to the east of Bor, South Sudan, Bor, the capital of Jonglei State, on the road connecting Bor, South Sudan, Bor and Pibor, in Boma State. History Anyidi was first established as a court center in 1946. In 1987, most of red army passed through Anyidi for Ethiopia. Anyidi borders Greater Pibor Administrative area (GPAA) near Machabol. Some of the prominent leaders from Anyidi payam include Judge Martin Majier Gai Ayuel, Geu Atherkuei, Herjok Akuom, Maker Thiong Maal, Jok Riak Makol and many others. During September, 2016, Anyidi was the site of the ''Anyidi Peace Conference'', which established a joint police force for Boma State and Jonglei State to prevent cattle raiding and child abductions. Demographics Anyidi is composed of three Boma (administrative division), bomas. These are Thianwei, South Sudan, Thianwei, Chuei Magon, South Sudan, Chue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolnyang
Kolnyang is a Payam (administrative division), Payam in Bor County, in Jonglei States of South Sudan, State, South Sudan. It is situated on the east side of the White Nile, Bahr al Jabal River, to the south of Bor, South Sudan. Kolnyang’s Malual-Chaat was where the liberation revolution that led to South Sudan independence started. Both 105 Battalion commander Alier NhialMangardit and the first fallen hero of revolt Maker Jool were from Kolnyang. Kolnyang Payam is Bor county’s southernmost payam, bordering Central Equatoria State to southwest, Pibor Administrative Area to the east, Lake State to the west and Eastern Equatoria State to the southeast. History Malek mission site The area encompassed by Kolnyang Payam (administrative division), Payam was, in the early nineteenth century, the site of one of the Malek Mission, the first permanent Church Mission Society, Church Mission Society (CMS) station in southern Sudan.There were, of course, earlier permanent missions, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payam (administrative Division)
A payam is the second-lowest administrative division, below counties, in South Sudan. Payams are required to have a minimum population of 25,000. They are further subdivided into a variable number of ''boma (administrative division), bomas''. , South Sudan has 540 ''payams'' and 2500 ''bomas''. The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A and formalized at the National Convention of New Sudan. The equivalent unit in neighboring Kenya and Uganda is sub-county. References Subdivisions of South Sudan Administrative divisions in Africa, South Sudan Geography of South Sudan {{SouthSudan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Equatoria
Eastern Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 73,472 km2. The capital city is Torit. On October 1, 1972, the state was divided into Imatong and Namorunyang states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020. Louis Lobong Lojore is the current governor of Eastern Equatoria. Geography The state shares international borders with Uganda in the south, with Kenya in the south-east and with Ethiopia in the north-east. Domestically, it is bordered by Central Equatoria in the west and Jonglei in the north. The Ilemi Triangle in the east, between Eastern Equatoria and Lake Turkana, is or has been disputed among all three abutting states (South Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia). Population The state had 906,126 people in 2008 (32/sq mi). Eastern Equatoria state was home to several different ethnic groups. The Toposa, Jiye/Jie and Nyangathom live in the Kapeota counties in the east of the state. The Didinga, Dodoth and Boya live in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Equatoria
Central Equatoria is a states of South Sudan, state in South Sudan. With an area of , it is the smallest of the original South Sudanese states. Its previous name was Bahr al-Jabal (also Bahr-el-Jebel), named after a tributary of the White Nile that flows through the state. It was renamed Central Equatoria in the first Interim Legislative Assembly on 1 April 2005 under the government of Southern Sudan (2005–2011), government of Southern Sudan. Central Equatoria seceded from Sudan as part of the South Sudan, Republic of South Sudan on 9 July 2011. The state's capital, Juba, is also the national capital of South Sudan. On October 2, 2015, the state was split into three states: Jubek State, Jubek, Terekeka State, Terekeka, and Yei River State, Yei River. The state of Central Equatoria was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020. Administrative divisions Central Equatoria, like other states in South Sudan, is subdivided into counties, which are further divid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pibor
Pibor, also called Pibor Post, is a town in eastern South Sudan. Location Pibor located in Pibor County, in Pibor Administrative Area, in eastern South Sudan, near the border with Ethiopia. It lies approximately , by road, northeast of Juba, the capital and largest city of the country. After creation of new states, it became part of Boma State. Overview Pibor or Post Post is a colonial era outpost built in 1912 by the British and was originally called Fort Bruce. The town serves as the headquarters of Pibor County, one of the constituent counties of the Jonglei State before creation of new states in 2015. The Pibor River, formed by the confluence of several smaller streams, begins its journey at Pibor. The river then flows north, receiving the Akobo River near Akobo. Eventually, after receiving the Gilo River and the Bela River, it joins the Baro River to form the Sobat River. Transport A packed-mud road leads north to Akobo at the border with Ethiopia. Another packed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awerial County
Awerial is a County in Lakes (state), Lakes State, central South Sudan. The County made headlines in December 2013 when it received over 70,000 internally displaced people fleeing fighting in nearby Bor, South Sudan, Bor . The town is also the cathedra, seat of an Anglican Bishopric. Awerial county is bordering Terekeka County of Central Equatoria State to the South, Bor County of Jonglei State to the East, Yirol East County to the North, Yirol West County to the North West. Climate of Awerial The County made headlines in December 2013 when it received over 70,000 internally displaced people fleeing fighting in nearby Bor, South Sudan, Bor . The town is also the cathedra, seat of an Anglican Bishopric. Awerial county is bordering Terekeka county of Central Equatoria State to the South, Bor South County of Jonglei State to the East, Yirol East County to the North, Yirol West County to the North West. Reference External links Counties of Lakes State {{SouthSuda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
