A payam is the second-lowest
administrative division
Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...
, below counties,
in South Sudan. Payams are required to have a minimum population of 25000. They are further subdivided into a variable number of ''
bomas''.
As of 2017, South Sudan has 540 ''payams'' and 2500 ''bomas''.
The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A
[ and formalized at the National Convention of New Sudan.][Yongo-Bure, Benaiah. ]
Economic Development of Southern Sudan
'. Lanham, Md. .a. Univ. Press of America, 2007. pp. 197-198 The equivalent unit in neighboring Kenya
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Subdivisions of South Sudan
South Sudan
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Geography of South Sudan
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