Baidit

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Baidit (German: "Big House" / "Big Land") is a Payam (administrative unit) in Bor West County , Jonglei State, South Sudan . It is located on the east bank of the Bahr al Jabal (White Nile) near the main town of Bor . The city of the same name is also the seat of the administration of Bor West. The 2008 census (Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan) counted 51,532 inhabitants.

history

Baidit is often mentioned in connection with the adjacent padak . There is the administration of the Payam. During the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2004) Baidit was also the headquarters of the Sudan People's Liberation Army under the command of Kuol Manyang Juuk . The headquarters were located in buildings originally built by Dutch development aid for a medical training center.

administration

Baidit is divided into six bomas : Akayiech , Manydeng , Makol Cuei , Mathiang , Mayen and Tong . There are three large communities in the Payam area: Angakuei , Biong , and Pathuyith .

Infrastructure

The Padak / Baidit airfield is a connection to the outside world. The Padak Fisheries Training Center at John Garang Memorial University was established in 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Juuk Othana Mading: Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei. In: Gurtong , Bor, South Sudan May 3, 2016
  2. ^ Mach Samuel Peter: Breaking News: Names of the 14 County Commissioners in Jonglei State. PaanLuel Wël, Bor, South Sudan September 15, 2016.
  3. ↑ National Bureau of Statistics: Population Distribution by Sex by Boma, Vol. III. The Republic of South Sudan, The National Bureau of Statistics 2013: 34. Table 138: Jonglei State, Bor South County, Baidit Payam.
  4. ↑ a b South Sudan Administrative divisions . United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). 2014.
  5. ↑ Marc Nikkel: Why Haven't You Left? Letters from the Sudan . Church Publishing, 2006, ISBN 0898697743 , p. 68.
  6. ↑ Winrock International & United Nations Development Program (UNDP) 2011 | title = Annex IV BRIDGE Winrock Q1 Report FY 2012 - Bor County Profile | url = http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00J9MJ.pdf | publisher = USAID
  7. ↑ The pronunciation of the different boma varies considerably, partly due to different orthographic conventions and due to the grammar of the Dinka language. For example, “Mach Deng” is pronounced / Manydeng /. Variants are: Akayiech - Akeyech; Machdeng - Manydeng; Makol-chuei - Makol Cuei - Makolchuei; Mathieng - Mathiang.
  8. ↑ PaanLuel Wël: What are the respective population sizes of the 14 new counties in Jonglei state? . PaanLuel Wël. 17th September 2016.
  9. ^ Padak Fishery Institute . Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science & Technology. 2013.