Payam (administrative division)

A payam is the second-lowest administrative division, below counties,[1] in South Sudan. Payams are required to have a minimum population of 25000. They are further subdivided into a variable number of bomas.[2] As of 2009, South Sudan's 514 payams have an average of 4.2 bomas each.[3]

The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A[2] and formalized at the National Convention of New Sudan.[4] The equivalent unit in neighboring Kenya and Uganda is sub-county.

References

  1. ↑ Allan, Tony; Martin Keulertz; Suvi Sojamo; Jeroen Warner (2012). Handbook of land and water grabs in Africa : foreign direct investment and food and water security (1st ed.). Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. p. 451. ISBN 1857436695.
  2. 1 2 Grawert, Elke (2010). After the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan. Woodbridge, Suffolk [England]: James Currey. p. 104. ISBN 1847010229.
  3. ↑ Klopper, Hester; Uys, Leana (2012). The state of nursing and nursing education in Africa : a country-by-country review. Indianapolis, IN: Sigma Theta Tau International. ISBN 193547684X.
  4. ↑ Yongo-Bure, Benaiah. Economic Development of Southern Sudan. Lanham, Md. [u.a.]: Univ. Press of America, 2007. pp. 197-198

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