Bor County is a county of
Jonglei State
Jonglei State is a States of South Sudan, state of South Sudan with Bor, South Sudan, Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor District (South Sudan), Bor, Akobo County, Akobo, Ayod County, ...
in the
Greater Upper Nile region of
South Sudan
South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
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History
By 1906, Bor District was a part of
Mongalla Province, but later transferred to Upper Nile Province.
In 1909–1910, people started settling along the northern border of the Bor-Duk districts, with the aim of separating the
Nuer and
Dinka communities, who had formerly intermingled.
It is bordered by
Twic East and Duk counties to the north,
Yirol East County
Yirol East County is a county in Lakes State, South Sudan. The county borders Panyijar County in the North, Rumbek East County in the North west, Yirol West County in the west, Awerial County in the south, Bor South County in the south east ...
and
Awerial County
Awerial is a County in Lakes (state), Lakes State, central South Sudan.
The County made headlines in December 2013 when it received over 70,000 internally displaced people fleeing fighting in nearby Bor, South Sudan, Bor .
The town is also the ca ...
of
Lakes State to the west,
Pibor to the east,
Central and
Eastern Equatoria States, to the south.
Payams
A ''Payam'' is a mid-level administrative unit within counties that have a minimum population of 25,000 people.
In 2016 Bor County was sub-divided into
Bor Payam and five separate counties, each containing a single
payam. These division were Bor County (
Kolnyang Payam), Bor East County (
Anyidi Payam), Bor Central County (
Makuach Payam), Bor West County (
Baidit Payam
Baidit is a Payam (administrative division), Payam in Bor West County, in Jonglei States of South Sudan, State, South Sudan. It is situated on the east side of the White Nile, Bahr al Jabal River a short distance north of Bor, South Sudan. Bai ...
), and Bor North County (
Jalle Payam).
Bor County itself comprises five
Payams, namely: Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jalle.
References
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Counties of Jonglei State
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