Akobo County is a

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Location

The county is located in

Jonglei State Jonglei State is a States of South Sudan, state of South Sudan with Bor, South Sudan, Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor District (South Sudan), Bor, Akobo County, Akobo, Ayod County, ...

, in the Greater Upper Nile region of

, bordering the country of

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. The county headquarter is Akobo, located approximately , northeast of Juba, South Sudan Capital and largest city in the country.

Overview

The county is one of the eleven (11) counties that constitute

. The county is prone to drought and the population is nomadic, sometimes migrating to other locations in search of water and pasture for their livestock. Due to the insecurity associated with military conflict between

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and

, some of the inhabitants of the county have sought refuge in neighboring

. Some of those refugees are expected to return following the independence of South Sudan in July 2011. In 2010, a nutrition survey of young children was carried out b
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Save the Children in Southern Sudan
(SCiSS). The study found high rates of acute malnutrition and poor child health indicators. These poor indicators included: high percentage of diarrhoea cases among the population, low measles immunity and low levels of vitamin A among the population. The rates of Global Acute Malnutrition were above the

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(WHO) crisis level but death rates were below WHO emergency levels. The researchers concluded that may be the feeding programme started in 2009 was enough to prevent some deaths, or that the more vulnerable died during the civil strife of 2009.

Population

According to the 2008

ese census, the population of Akobo County was estimated at 136,210. Of these, 60,896 (44.7%) were female and 75,314 (55.3%) were male.

References

External links

Map of The Counties of South Sudan

Website of Akobociro
{{Jonglei Counties of Jonglei State

Location

Overview

Population

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