Akuai-deng is a
boma in
Jalle payam, Bor North County,
Jonglei
Jonglei State is a state of South Sudan with Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor, Akobo, Ayod, Uror, Duk, Nyirol, Pigi, Twic East, and Fangak. Jonglei State is the largest s ...
State
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,
South Sudan
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, about 45 kilometers northeast of
Bor.
The village borders
Baidit Payam and is located at the southern extent of the
sudd
The Sudd (, Nuer: Baki̱ec, Dinka: Toc) is a vast swamp in South Sudan, formed by the White Nile's '' Baḥr al-Jabal'' section. The Arabic word ' is derived from ' (), meaning "barrier" or "obstruction". The term "the sudd" has come to ref ...
, South Sudan's central wetlands, near to the east bank of the
Bahr al Jabal River.
Demographics
According to the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008, Akuai-deng
boma had a population of 5,248 people, composed of 2,694 male and 2,554 female residents.
[In 2008, at the time of the census, Akuai-deng was located in Bor South County. 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
South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western world#Modern political, Western political institutions ...
.
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References
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Populated places in Jonglei State