Mathiang is a
boma in
Baidit payam, Bor West County,
Jonglei
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South Sudan
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, about 30 kilometers north of
Bor. The village is located at the southern extent of the
sudd, South Sudan's central wetlands, on the east side of the
Bahr al Jabal River.
Demographics
According to the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008, Mathiang
boma had a population of 8,949 people, composed of 4,469 male and 4,480 female residents.
[In 2008, at the time of the census, Mathiang 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 . 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 ...
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Populated places in Jonglei State