Ikotos County (Ikotos)
Ikotos County was an administrative area in the Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan with headquarters in the town of Ikotos. The people, who live in the former county's area by subsistence agriculture and cattle herding, are poverty-stricken. Years of civil war have made violence commonplace: most people have experienced the murder of a close family member. In 2009, AK-47 rifles were used in 42 per cent of killings.
Ikwoto county is in the south of Eastern Equatoria state, adjoining the Ugandan border to the south, Magwi county to the west, Torit county to the north, and Budi county to the east. Ikwoto was part of Torit county until 2004. The county is administratively divided into six payams, which are further sub-divided into bomas. Payams are Hatire, Losite, Ikwoto Central, Imatong, Lomohidang and Lomohidang North.
The county contained the whole part of the Imatong mountains, which included the highest peak in Sudan, Mount Hinati at 3187 m. The mountains rise steeply from the surrounding plains, which are at an elevation of 1000 m on the South Sudan-Uganda border, sloping down gradually to the north. These plains are crossed by many streams, separated by low, rounded ridges, and dotted with small gneiss hills, outliers of the main mountain range. The mountains are sharply faulted and are the source of many year-round rivers.
Average annual rainfall in the mountains is about 1500 mm The plains and the lower parts of the mountains are covered by deciduous woodland, wooded grassland and bamboo thickets to the north and west. The areas to the east and southeast are in the rain shadow of the mountains, with dry arid grassland or deciduous or semi-evergreen bush.
Ikwoto county is in the south of Eastern Equatoria state, adjoining the Ugandan border to the south, Magwi county to the west, Torit county to the north, and Budi county to the east. Ikwoto was part of Torit county until 2004. The county is administratively divided into six payams, which are further sub-divided into bomas. Payams are Hatire, Losite, Ikwoto Central, Imatong, Lomohidang and Lomohidang North.
The county contained the whole part of the Imatong mountains, which included the highest peak in Sudan, Mount Hinati at 3187 m. The mountains rise steeply from the surrounding plains, which are at an elevation of 1000 m on the South Sudan-Uganda border, sloping down gradually to the north. These plains are crossed by many streams, separated by low, rounded ridges, and dotted with small gneiss hills, outliers of the main mountain range. The mountains are sharply faulted and are the source of many year-round rivers.
Average annual rainfall in the mountains is about 1500 mm The plains and the lower parts of the mountains are covered by deciduous woodland, wooded grassland and bamboo thickets to the north and west. The areas to the east and southeast are in the rain shadow of the mountains, with dry arid grassland or deciduous or semi-evergreen bush.
Map - Ikotos County (Ikotos)
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South Sudan gained independence from Sudan on 9 July 2011, making it the most recent sovereign state or country with widespread recognition as of 2023. It includes the vast swamp region of the Sudd, formed by the White Nile and known locally as the Bahr al Jabal, meaning "Mountain River". Sudan was occupied by Egypt under the Muhammad Ali dynasty and was governed as an Anglo-Egyptian condominium until Sudanese independence in 1956. Following the First Sudanese Civil War, the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region was formed in 1972 and lasted until 1983. A second Sudanese civil war soon broke out in 1983 and ended in 2005 with the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Later that year, southern autonomy was restored when an Autonomous Government of Southern Sudan was formed. South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011, following 98.83% support for independence in a January 2011 referendum. It has suffered ethnic violence and endured a civil war characterized by rampant human rights abuses, including various ethnic massacres and killings of journalists by various parties to the conflict from December 2013 until February 2020, when competing combat leaders Salva Kiir Mayardit and Riek Machar struck a unity deal and formed a coalition government, paving the way for refugees to return home.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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| SSP | South Sudanese pound | £ | 2 |
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| EN | English language |