Bor County
Introduction '''Bor''' is a city and county in the central region of South Sudan.
History By 1906, Bor District was a part of Mongalla Province, but later transferred to Upper Nile Province. In 1909–1910, people started settling along the northern border of the Bor-Duk districts, with the aim of separating the Nuer and Dinka communities, who had formerly intermingled. It is bordered by Twic East and Duk counties to the north, Lake State to the west, Pibor to the east,  Central and Eastern Equatoria States, to the south.
Payams A ''Payam'' is a mid-level administrative unit within counties that have a minimum population of 25,000 people.In 2016 Bor County was sub-divided into Bor Payam and five separate counties, each containing a single payam. These division were Bor County (Kolnyang Payam), Bor East County (Anyidi Payam), Bor Central County (Makuach Payam), Bor West County (Baidit Payam), and Bor North County (Jalle Payam).Bor County itself comprises five Payams, namely: Kolnyang, Anyidi, Makuach, Baidit and Jalle.
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