Konbek, South Sudan

Konbek is a boma in Makuach payam, Bor Central County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, about 15 kilometers east of Bor.

Konbek
boma village
CountrySouth Sudan
StateJonglei State
CountyBor Central County (since 2016) [1]
PayamMakuach, South Sudan

Demographics

According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Konbek boma had a population of 8,951 people, composed of 4,624 male and 4,327 female residents.[2][note 1]

Education

The Ayak Anguei Girls Primary Boarding School was located in Konbek until 2013, when it was first damaged by a tornado and then forced by armed conflict to close.[3] The school was one of only two all-girls boarding school in the region, and one of the few in South Sudan.[4] The school was built in 2008 and had an enrollment of 600 students in 2009.[5]

Notes
  1. In 2008, at the time of the census, Konbek was located in Bor South County. The data collected during the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan were to be the primary source of information for decisions about the number and demarcation of electoral constituencies and administrative boundaries in what was then southern Sudan. South Sudanese officials rejected census results for southern Sudan. See Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (2010). 5th Population and Housing Census in Sudan – An Incomplete Exercise (PDF) (Report). Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre, Geneva (Switzerland). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017. Also, see Demographics of South Sudan.

References
  1. Mading, Juuk Othana (May 3, 2016). "Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei". Gurtong. Bor, South Sudan. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  2. National Bureau of Statistics (2013). Population Distribution by Sex by Boma, Vol. III (Report). The Republic of South Sudan, The National Bureau of Statistics. p. 34. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2017. Table 142: Jonglei State, Bor South County, Makuach Payam
  3. Groe, Katie (September 12, 2015). "Building Hope for Education in South Sudan". Borgen Magazine. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  4. Mading, Juuk Othana (March 24, 2016). "Boarding Schools To Be Constructed In All Three Counties Of Jonglei". Gurtong. Bor, South Sudan. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  5. Alyssa, Om'Iniabohs (2009). "Journey of Hope 2009". Project Education Sudan (Newsletter). Vol. 1 no. 1. Project Education Sudan. Retrieved June 18, 2017.

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