Payam (administrative division)
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A payam is the second-lowest administrative division, below counties,[1] in South Sudan. Payams are required to have a minimum population of 25,000. They are further subdivided into a variable number of bomas.[what language is this?][2] As of 2017[update], South Sudan has 540 payams[what language is this?] and 2500 bomas.[what language is this?][citation needed]
The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A[2] and formalized at the National Convention of New Sudan.[3] The equivalent unit in neighboring Kenya and Uganda is sub-county.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Allan, Tony; Keulertz, Martin; Sojamo, Suvi; Warner, Jeroen (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 978-1857436693.
- ^ a b Grawert, Elke (2010). After the comprehensive peace agreement in Sudan. Woodbridge, Suffolk [England]: James Currey. p. 104. ISBN 978-1847010223.
- ^ Yongo-Bure, Benaiah (2007). Economic Development of Southern Sudan. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. pp. 197–198. ISBN 978-0-7618-3588-2.
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