Baidit is a
Payam in Bor West County, in
Jonglei
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It is situated on the east side of the
Bahr al Jabal River a short distance north of
Bor, South Sudan
Bor is a historic city in South Sudan’s central region, being the epicenter of national liberation revolution with multiple landmarks that tells the story. In Malual-Chaat barrack, statues of liberators and destroyed weapons are conserved ...
. Baidit is the county headquarters for Bor West County.
Baidit Massacre
around 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, 23rd January 2022, at
Baidit Payam,
Bor County
Bor is a city and a county in the central region of South Sudan.
Jonglei State also has its headquarters in Bor. By 1906, Bor District was part Mongalla Province but later transferred to Upper Nile Province. In 1909–1910, people started rese ...
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Jonglei State
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 st ...
, a group of organized gangs of criminals, heavily armed, suspected to be from neighboring
Pibor Administrative Area
The Greater Pibor Administrative Area is an administrative area in South Sudan.
History
From the beginning of South Sudanese independence, the Anyuak, Jie, Kachepo, and Murle people in Jonglei sought greater autonomy from the Jonglei State gove ...
, 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 burnt.
History
Baidit
Payam is named for the village, Baidit (whose name is sometimes combined with an adjoining town, called Padak), where the
payam's administrative headquarters are located.
During the
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2004), Baidit village was the site of a
Sudan People's Liberation Army
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headquarters commanded by
Kuol Manyang Juuk Kuol Manyang is a South Sudanese politician. He is a member of the SPLM. He became governor of Jonglei state on 15 December 2007, following the first former governor, Philip Thon Leek from Dinka Bor, to curb cattle raiding and abduction of child ...
, which was located in buildings originally constructed by the Dutch Government to house a medical training center.
Demographics
Baidit is composed of six
bomas:
Akayiech,
Manydeng,
Makol Cuei,
Mathiang,
Mayen, and
Tong.
[ Spellings of these bomas vary considerably, in large part owing to differences of orthographic conventions and, for place-names, specially, the way that Dinka singular nouns ending in a vowel or certain consonants, when followed by an adjective, pronoun, possessive, or a modifying noun (genitive), are pronounced with a nasalized final sound. Thus Mach Deng is pronounced /Manydeng/. A few common alternative spellings follow: Akayiech or Akeyech, Machdeng or Manydeng, Makol-chuei or Makol Cuei or Makolchuei, and Mathieng or Mathiang.] According to the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008, Baidit had a combined population of 51,532 people, composed of 26,915 male and 24,617 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
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 political institutions, with land held by the communit ...
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Baidit is home to three major communities. These are
Angakuei, Biong, Pathuyith.
Infrastructure
The Padak/Baidit airstrip is located in Baidit
Payam.
Padak Fisheries Training Centre was established there in 2004.
Notes
References
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Geography of South Sudan
Jonglei State
Subdivisions of South Sudan