Bor County

Bor County is a county of Jonglei State in the Greater [Upper Nile] region of South Sudan.

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 County|Twic East] and Duk counties to the north,Yirol East County and Awerial County 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, Bor East County, Bor Central County, Bor West County, and Bor North County.
Bor County itself comprises five Payams, namely: Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jalle.