Mayen, South Sudan Explained

Mayen
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

Mayen 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 central wetlands, near to the east bank of the Bahr al Jabal River.

Demographics

According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Mayen boma had a population of 3,810 people, composed of 1,951 male and 1859 female residents,[2] [3] who support themselves largely through farming and fishing.[4]

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. 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 .
  3. In 2008, at the time of the census, Mayen 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.
  4. News: July 3, 2016. Fishing industry financially supports Jonglei population . Sudan Tribune . Bor, South Sudan . June 14, 2017.