Bor County

Bor is a city and a county in the central region of South Sudan.[1] Jonglei State also has its headquarters in Mading. By 1906, Bor District was part Mongalla Province but later transferred to Upper Nile Province.[2] In 1909–1910, people started resettling along the northern border of the Bor-Duk districts, with the aim of separating Nuer and Dinka communities, who had formerly lived together.[2] The Bor-Duk district[3]

Bor County
Bor
CountrySouth Sudan
CountyBor
HeadquartersBor
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

BOR District, [4]

Bor County comprises five Payams, namely: Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jalle. It is bordered by Twi East And Duk counties to the north, Lake State to the west, Pibor to the east, Central and Eastern Equatoria States, to the south.[5] In 2016 Bor County was sub-divided into Bor Payam and five 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), and Bor North County (Jalle Payam).[6]

References
  1. Willis, Charles Armine (1995). Johnson, Douglas H. (ed.). The Upper Nile Province handbook: a report on peoples and government in the Southern Sudan, 1931. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0197261469.
  2. Johnson, Douglas H. (1982). "Tribal Boundaries and Border Wars: Nuer–Dinka Relations in the Sobat and Zaraf Valleys, c. 1860–1976". The Journal of African History. 23 (2): 183. doi:10.1017/S0021853700020521.
  3. Sudan (1912). Reports on the Finance, Administration, and Condition of the Sudan. F. Nimr.
  4. "Captain J. Liddell's Journeys in the White Nile Region". The Geographical Journal. 24 (6): 651–655. 1904. doi:10.2307/1776256. ISSN 0016-7398.
  5. Winrock International & United Nations Development Program (UNDP) (2011). Annex IV BRIDGE Winrock Q1 Report FY 2012 – Bor County Profile (PDF) (Report). USAID.
  6. Mading, Juuk Othana (3 May 2016). "Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei". Gurtong. Bor, South Sudan. Retrieved 12 June 2017.


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