Yei River State
Yei River State | |
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Yei[1] | |
Number of Counties | 10[2] |
Population (2014 Estimate) | |
• Total | 788,610 |
Yei River State was a state in
Location
The state was located in the
History
On 2 October 2015, President
In November 2017, Augustino Kiri Gwolo, the Deputy Governor of Yei River State and also a colonel in the army, died of yellow fever in Juba. He was replaced by colonel Abraham Wani, who defected to the National Salvation Front (NAS) in 2016 after the insurgence of the civil war in South Sudan.[10]
Since its creation in 2017, the National Salvation Front insurgency was located primarily in Yei River State.[citation needed]
Geography
Administrative divisions
After the split up, Yei River State broke down even further for a total of 10 counties in the state (created in April 2016). The 10 counties are part of the 180 counties in South Sudan. The 10 counties are consisted of the following:[2]
- Former Kajo-Keji County:
- Kajo-Keji
- ŋepo (Nyepo)
- Kangapo one
- Kangapo Two
- liwolo
- Former Lainya County:
- Lainya
- Kupera
- Former Morobo County
- Morobo
- Lujulo
- Former Yei River County:
- Yei
- Otogo
- Tore
- Mugwo
The counties are further sub-divided into payams, and the payams are then further sub-divided into bomas. Namely:
BOMAS IN MUGWO
- Yari boma
- payawa boma
- jombu boma
- longamere boma
BOMAS UNDER YEI PANAM
- Ronyi boma is located three miles kaya road.
- Sanja-asiri boma is located 5kilometres from yei lasu aba road
Towns and cities
Ethnic groups
A 2013 survey had reported a majority of Kakwa people, with minorities of Avukaya, Baka, Keliko, Mundu, and Pojulu people, though other ethnic groups from all parts of South Sudan are also living there.[12]
References
- ^ "Machar forces easily defeat SPLA troops at Uganda border". The Red Times. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ a b "Additional 5 Counties Established In Yei River State". Gurtong. 25 April 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ Mutambo, Aggrey. "S. Sudan govt agrees to reduce states to 10 to maintain peace". The East African. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
- ^ "Yei River". south-sudan.biz. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "South Sudan: Administrative Division". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Kiir and Makuei want 28 states in South Sudan". Radio Tamazuj. Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ "Kiir pressured into taking decree to parliament for approval". Radio Tamazuj. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- ^ "South Sudan's Kiir appoints governors of 28 new states". Sudan Tribune.
- ^ a b "South Sudan's President appoints 28 Governors, defies peace agreement". South Sudan News Agency. 24 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
- ^ "Yei's deputy governor dies in Juba". 15 November 2017.
- ^ "Central Equatoria State". United Nations Mission in Sudan. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
- ^ "Village Assessment Survey". International Organization for Migration South Sudan. 2013.