Jur River County Explained

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.

Demographics

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:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: South Sudan: States and counties . 2024-02-14 . www.citypopulation.de.
  2. Web site: Western Bahr el Ghazal State . Gurtong.net . 2015-02-03 . 2016-01-29 . 2019-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190725213824/http://www.gurtong.net/Governance/Governments/GovernmentofSouthSudanStates/WesternBahrelGhazalState/tabid/337/Default.aspx . dead .