Jalle is a
Payam in Bor North County, in
Jonglei
Jonglei State is a state of South Sudan with Bor as its centre of government and the biggest city. Jonglei state comprises nine counties: Bor, Akobo, Ayod, Uror, Duk, Nyirol, Pigi, Twic East, and Fangak. Jonglei State is the largest sta ...
State
State may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Literature
* ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State
* ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States
* ''Our S ...
,
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...
.
It is situated on the east side of the
Bahr al Jabal River between
Bor and
Twic East.
History
In 1988, during the
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), a
MiG-23MS crashed in Jalle Payam near Kolmarek.
SPLA Radio reported at the time that the jet had suffered from a technical fault.
It was sometimes later reported that the plane had been brought down by the SPLA. The aircraft's pilot, a second lieutenant from
Benghazi
Benghazi () , ; it, Bengasi; tr, Bingazi; ber, Bernîk, script=Latn; also: ''Bengasi'', ''Benghasi'', ''Banghāzī'', ''Binghāzī'', ''Bengazi''; grc, Βερενίκη (''Berenice'') and ''Hesperides''., group=note (''lit. Son of he Ghazi ...
,
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
, was captured by people living near the crash site and turned over to the
Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).
The pilot and his aircraft were held out by the SPLA as "concrete evidence" of foreign involvement in the
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originate ...
.
Demographics
Jalle is composed of four
bomas:
Akuai-deng,
Jalle,
Kolmarek, and
Kuei-juet.
[ A number of reports incorrectly state that Jalle is composed of five bomas. This confusion may stem from references to "boma level villages," a phrase indicating that a village is small, not that it is a unit of local government. For example, see ] According to the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008, Jalle had a combined population of 13,506 people, composed of 7,024 male and 6,482 female residents.
[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 . That the majority of the 20,520 returnees who re-settled in Bor County between January and November, 2008, settled in Baidit Payam (owing to flooding in Jalle and better access to humanitarian aid in Baidit) is cited as a reason for an under-count of residents in Jalle Payam during the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008. See and Also, see ]Demographics of South Sudan
South Sudan is home to around 60 indigenous ethnic groups and 80 linguistic partitions among a population of around million. Historically, most ethnic groups were lacking in formal Western political institutions, with land held by the communit ...
Jalle is home to Juet, Aboudit, and Alian communities.
Notes
References
{{coord missing, South Sudan
Geography of South Sudan
Jonglei State
Subdivisions of South Sudan