Manydeng, South Sudan Explained
| Machdeng |
| Native Name Lang: | dik |
| Pushpin Map: | South Sudan |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Sudan |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jonglei State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bor West County (since 2016) [1] |
| Subdivision Type3: | Payam |
| Subdivision Name3: | Baidit |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Manydeng is a boma in Baidit payam, Bor West County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, about 30 kilometers north of Bor. The village is located at the southern extent of the sudd, South Sudan's vast central wetlands.
Education
Some of the most prominent schools in Jonglei State are based in Mach-Deng. Mach Deng primary school is one of the oldest in the region and it’s believed that Abel Alier started school from there according to the locals.
Baidit Primary school is one of the two primary schools in Mach Deng, it’s located few km from the heart of the town called Dingruot. Most state performers from the state National examination come from this school.
Notable residents
Demographics
According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Manydeng boma had a population of 13,308 people, composed of 6,774 male and 6,534 female residents.[2] [3]
Notes and References
- News: Mading. Juuk Othana . May 3, 2016 . Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei . Gurtong . Bor, South Sudan . June 12, 2017.
- National Bureau of Statistics . 2013 . Population Distribution by Sex by Boma, Vol. III . The Republic of South Sudan, The National Bureau of Statistics . 34 . June 11, 2017 . Table 138: Jonglei State, Bor South County, Baidit Payam . https://web.archive.org/web/20171114000909/http://www.ssnbss.org/home/document/census/population-distribution-by-sex-by-BOMA . November 14, 2017 . dead .
- In 2008, at the time of the census, Manydeng was located in Bor South County. 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.
