Bor County Explained

Native Name:Bor
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:South Sudan
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Greater Upper Nile
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Jonglei State
Seat Type:Headquarters
Seat:Bor
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:13,932
Population Total:305,328
Population As Of:2017 estimate[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CAT
Utc Offset1:+2

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. 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.

Notes and References

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