Official Name: | Jur River County |
Settlement Type: | County |
Pushpin Map: | South Sudan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Sudan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Sudan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Bahr el Ghazal |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Bahr el Ghazal |
Seat: | Nyin Akok |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 10,044 |
Population As Of: | 2017 estimate |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 181,402 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | CAT |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Jur River County is a county in the Western Bahr el Ghazal state in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan,[2] located in east and northeast parts of the state, Jur River County is divided into five payams (districts): Kangi Payam, Udoci, Marial Bai, Rocrocdong, and Kuajiena. Jur River County headquarters has been controversially relocated in 2012 by the state government to Nyin Akok Village on the eastern bank of the Jur River.
The county has a population of 127,771 inhabitants according to the 2008 census, most of them are from Luwo tribe, besides a minority of Dinka Marial Bai who lives in northeast of the county.
The list of Jur River County major settlements: