Bor County

Bor County
Bor
CountrySouth Sudan
RegionGreater Upper Nile
StateJonglei State
HeadquartersBor
Area
 • Total
13,932 km2 (5,379 sq mi)
Population
 (2017 estimate[1])
 • Total
305,328
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Bor County is a county of Jonglei State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan.[2]

History

By 1906, Bor District was a part of Mongalla Province, but later transferred to Upper Nile Province.[3] 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.[3] 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.[4][5][6][7]

Payams

A Payam is a mid-level administrative unit within counties that have a minimum population of 25,000 people.[8]

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), and Bor North County (Jalle Payam).[9]

Bor County itself comprises five Payams, namely: Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jalle.

References

  1. ^ "South Sudan: States and counties". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  2. ^ Willis, Charles Armine (1995). Johnson, Douglas H. (ed.). The Upper Nile Province handbook: a report on peoples and government in the Southern Sudan, 1931. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0197261469.
  3. ^ a b Johnson, Douglas H. (1982). "Tribal Boundaries and Border Wars: Nuer–Dinka Relations in the Sobat and Zaraf Valleys, c. 1860–1976". The Journal of African History. 23 (2): 183. doi:10.1017/S0021853700020521.
  4. ^ Winrock International & United Nations Development Program (UNDP) (2011). Annex IV BRIDGE Winrock Q1 Report FY 2012 – Bor County Profile (PDF) (Report). USAID.
  5. ^ Sudan (1912). Reports on the Finance, Administration, and Condition of the Sudan. F. Nimr.
  6. ^ "Captain J. Liddell's Journeys in the White Nile Region". The Geographical Journal. 24 (6): 651–655. 1904. doi:10.2307/1776256. ISSN 0016-7398.
  7. ^ Michael, Vuziga (2017-11-12). "Baidit Payam of Bor County". Starview publication.com. p. 32.
  8. ^ Allan, Tony (2012). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa: foreign direct investment and food and water security. Routledge. p. 451. ISBN 1857436695.
  9. ^ Mading, Juuk Othana (3 May 2016). "Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei". Gurtong. Bor, South Sudan. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

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