Makuach, South Sudan Explained

Makuach Payam
Native Name Lang:	dik
Settlement Type:	Payam (administrative division)
Pushpin Map:	South Sudan
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Region
Subdivision Name1:	Greater Upper Nile
Subdivision Type2:	State
Subdivision Name2:	Jonglei State
Subdivision Type3:	County
Subdivision Name3:	Bor County
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population As Of:	29,412 (2008)
Population Density Km2:	auto

Makuach is a Payam in the Bor County of Jonglei State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan.^[1] It is situated on the east side of the Bahr al Jabal River. Bor town borders Makuach to the west, Baidit Payam to the north, and Anyidi Payam to the south.

Demographics

Makuach is composed of four bomas: Kapat, Konbek, Makuach, Madiing Boma and Werkok.^[2] According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Makuach had a combined population of 29,412 people, composed of 15,251 male and 14,161 female residents.^{[3] [4]}

Makuach is home to four major communities. These are Koch, Deer, Ater, Madiing and Adumuor.^[5]

Landmarks

Zion
Native Name:	Dhion
Map Type:	South Sudan
Festivals:	-->
District:	Makuach
State:	Jonglei State
Country:	South Sudan
Organizational Status:	-->
Groundbreaking:	1992
Year Completed:	1996
Date Destroyed:	-->
Materials:	Wattle and daub, Thatch
Elevation Ft:	-->

A huge church called Dhion (Zion), which is often cited as the largest grass-roofed structure ever built in South Sudan,^[6] is located at Pakayo (or Pakeo), a site between the Werekok and Kapat boma centers. Construction of the church was begun in 1992 by participants in a popular Christian-conversion movement led by Paul Kon Adjith, who is buried in the church compound.^[7] Marc Nikkel visited the site in 1994 and described it like this:

Notes and References

1. News: Mading. Juuk Othana . May 3, 2016 . Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei . Gurtong . Bor, South Sudan . June 12, 2017.
2. Winrock International & United Nations Development Program (UNDP) . 2011 . Annex IV BRIDGE Winrock Q1 Report FY 2012 – Bor County Profile . USAID .
3. National Bureau of Statistics . 2013 . Population Distribution by Sex by Boma, Vol. III . The Republic of South Sudan, The National Bureau of Statistics . 35 . June 11, 2017 . Table 142: Jonglei State, Bor South County, Makuach Payam . https://web.archive.org/web/20171114000909/http://www.ssnbss.org/home/document/census/population-distribution-by-sex-by-BOMA . November 14, 2017 . dead .
4. 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 Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre . 2010 . 5th Population and Housing Census in Sudan – An Incomplete Exercise . Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre, Geneva (Switzerland) . June 11, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170918135100/http://www.sudanconsortium.org/member_publications/2010/February/DRDC.Report%20on%20the%205th%20Population%20Census%20in%20Sudan.February2010.pdf . September 18, 2017 . dead . . Also, see Demographics of South Sudan.
5. Web site: What are the respective population sizes of the 14 new counties in Jonglei state? . Wël . PaanLuel. September 17, 2016. paanluelwel.com . PaanLuel Wël . June 12, 2017.
6. Book: Wheeler, Andrew C. . Chapman . Mark D. . Clarke. Sathianathan . Percy . Martyn . The Oxford Handbook of Anglican Studies . https://books.google.com/books?id=JijYCgAAQBAJ&q=%22paul+kon+ajith%22&pg=PA244 . Oxford University Press . 2015 . 244 . 'God has come Amongst us Slowly, and we didn't Realize it!' The Transformation of Anglican Missionary Heritage in Sudan . 978-0199218561.
7. Book: Nikkel, Marc . 2006 . Why Haven't You Left? Letters from the Sudan . Church Publishing . 117. 0898697743 .