Warrap (state)

Warrap
Basic data
Country	South Sudan
Capital	Kwajok
surface	31,027 km²
Residents	972,928 (2008 census)
density	31 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	SS-WR

8.12381154 28.57131958Coordinates: 8 ° 7 ' N , 28 ° 34' E

Warrap (also written Warap , Arabic واراب, DMG Wārāb ) is a state in South Sudan .

It has an area of 31,027 km² and, according to the 2008 census, almost one million inhabitants. Its capital is Kwajok , previously Warrap had this position. Other localities are Tonj , Gogrial , Turalei and Marial Lou .

Warrap is bordered to the west by Western Bahr el Ghazal , to the northwest by Northern Bahr el Ghazal , to the east by Unity , to the southeast by Lakes and to the south by Western Equatoria . The borderline in the north is unclear, according to some maps Warrap borders on the controversial Abyei area or on the state of Dschanub Kurdufan , which belongs to Northern Sudan , according to other maps only on Northern Bahr el Ghazal.

The population consists predominantly of different tribal groups of the Dinka , between which there are often violent conflicts over grazing land for their cattle herds.

history

Warrap was split off from Bahr al-Ghazal as a separate state on February 14, 1994 . According to opponents of the Sudanese government, the new state was founded as a concession to George Kongor Arop , who became second vice president that year and comes from the village of Warrap.

From 1919 to 1948 this area belonged to the province of Equatoria and from 1948 to 1976 to the province of Bahr al-Ghazal, which was split off from Equatoria in 1948. In 1976, the province of al-Buhairat / Lakes, which comprised the area of today's states of Lakes and Warrap, was separated from the province of Bahr al-Ghazal. From 1991 to 1994 the area of Warrap belonged again to the newly created state of Bahr al-Ghazal, which resembled the province of Bahr al-Ghazal from 1948 to 1976.

administration

Like the other states of South Sudan, Warrap is divided into counties. Further administrative units under the counties are Payams and, among them, Bomas. A county commissioner, appointed by the state governor in agreement with the president, presides over the counties. In Warrap these are:

county	Size (km ² )	Population survey 2008	County Commissioner
Gogrial East	3,890.55	103.283	Akot Lual Akot
Gogrial West	4,754.37	243.921	Makuc Aruol Luach
Tonj South	7,449.73	86,592	Monydhiat Goor
Tonj North	11,012.05	165.222	Marco Awuac
Tonj East	3,990.61	116.122	Madhal Chol
Twic	3,922.65	204.905	Malek Ring Makuei

Individual evidence

↑ http://bevoelkerungsstatistik.de/wg.php?x=&men=gadm&lng=de&dat=32&geo=-188&srt=3npn&col=aohdq (link not available)
↑ Central Bureau of Statistics / Southern Sudan Center for Census Statistics and Evaluation: 5th Sudan Population and Housing Census - 2008 ( Memento from May 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 425 kB), Table: T02
^ Warrap state decentralizes recruitment for teachers , in: Sudan Tribune, March 26, 2010
^ "Very complicated" elections - the view from Warrap , in: IRIN News, March 24, 2010
↑ Dengdit Ayok: A Picture about Life in Kuajok Town ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Youth Organization of Warrap State. Retrieved February 24, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / warrap.org