Bor (South Sudan)

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Coordinates: 6 ° 14 '  N , 31 ° 34'  E

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South Sudan

Bor ( Arabic بور Būr ) is the capital of the state of Jonglei in South Sudan .

location

Bor lies on the eastern bank of the White Nile , which in this section is called Bahr al-Jabal . To the north of the city, the Nile flows through the Sudd , a huge swamp area.

population

The city has 73,116 inhabitants (2012 calculation). The city is named after the Bor tribe, who belong to the Dinka people . Mayor is Nhial Majak Nhial (2014).

Population development:

year Residents
2008 (census) 61,716
2012 (calculation) 73.116

history

In 1906 the British Church Mission Society began missioning the Bor region.

The Second Civil War in South Sudan began in Bor and surrounding areas in May 1983 when army units under John Garang mutinied and founded the SPLA that same year . In 1991 the city became famous for the "Bor massacre". Riek Machar , a Nuer and leader of a split-off faction of the Dinka-dominated SPLA, backed by the Sudanese government at the time, is held responsible for the deaths of well over 2,000 civilians. In August 2011, he apologized to representatives of the Bor-Dinka for his role in the massacre.

economy

There are larger oil deposits near the city, and the oil company TotalFinaElf has concessions for an area of ​​120,000 square kilometers that could not be exploited due to the security situation in the course of the civil war that lasted until 2005.

Infrastructure

Occasional cargo ships operate on the Nile between Juba in the south via Bor to Kusti . The Jonglei Canal was supposed to connect Bor with Malakal , but its completion was prevented from 1983 by the civil war.

Individual evidence

  1. Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. World Gazetteer @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
  2. Machar has apologized to Dinka Bor community - army official. Sudan Tribune, August 11, 2011