Yirol East County

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Yirol East County
Ciec Land
Country Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan
State Lakes State
Government
  Typecounty government
Area
  Total2,658 sq mi (6,884 km2)
Population
 (2017 estimate [1] )
  Total102,158
  Density38/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)
Area code +211

Yirol East County is a county in Lakes State, South Sudan. [2] [3] The county borders Panyijar County in the North, Rumbek East County in the North west, Yirol West County in the west, Awerial County in the south, Bor South County in the south east and Twic East County in the east. Shambe National Park as well as Ramciel are located in Yirol East County.

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Children climbing a mahogany tree in Adior village.Insecurity in Yirol East County. local authorities in areas like Billing, Adior and Pagarau have been reporting cases of numerous attacks by suspected armed cattle thieves from Panyijar County of Unity State which border the county in the North. They reported hundreds of people killed over the past three years. Lakes state government condemned such kind of violence and called on the state government in Unity to intervene and arrest the perpetrators . Adior Village.jpg
Children climbing a mahogany tree in Adior village.Insecurity in Yirol East County. local authorities in areas like Billing, Adior and Pagarau have been reporting cases of numerous attacks by suspected armed cattle thieves from Panyijar County of Unity State which border the county in the North. They reported hundreds of people killed over the past three years. Lakes state government condemned such kind of violence and called on the state government in Unity to intervene and arrest the perpetrators .

Administrative divisions

In 2016, Yirol East County was reorganized into four counties, which included the following:

  1. Adior (Yirol East) County; headquarters: Adior
  2. Lou County; headquarters: Nyang
  3. Ramciel County; headquarters: Malek
  4. Yirol North County; headquarters: Yali

List of commissioners of Yirol East County

Yirol East County was carved out from Yirol County (Yirol West county) in 2005 just after signing of Comprehensive peace agreement. The list of commissioners includes: 1.Majok Machar 2005 - 2006 was the founder of Yirol county

  1. Athian Majak Malou 2006-2008
  2. Santo Mading Domic 2008- 2010
  3. Bullen Bol Achinbai 15 August 2010- 2012
  4. Manyang Luk 2012-2015
  5. Various commissioners ruled when Four counties were created by the time South Sudan was expanded to 32 states namely Yirol East (Adior), Yirol North( Yali), Malek and Nyang, 2 Oct 2015- 22 Feb 2020
  6. Malual Achiek appointed when South Sudan revert to 10 states and 3 administrative areas as per peace deal with SPLM-IO, 2020- 2022
  7. Manyang Luk Lueth 2022- incumbent

Payams in Yirol East County

Yirol East County composed of six payams;

  1. Adior Payam
  2. Tinagau Payam
  3. Malek Payam
  4. Yali Payam
  5. Lek-ha-kudu Payam
  6. Pagarau Payam
  7. Nyang Town (headquarters)

Chiefdoms in Yirol East County (Ciec Manyiel) during colonial era and their leaders

Yirol East County has four chiefdoms namely:

  1. Ador and Gok chiefdom, their leader (benydit) was Ater Bar.
  2. Gok chiefdom under Reech Amou.
  3. Kuac chiefdom under Chep Aciek.
  4. Ajak chiefdom under Takpiny Malual.

In 1946, British created paramount chief, this creation brought the first two chiefdoms under one chiefdom named Ador and their leader was Anyieth Reech,but later separated in 1976-1977, Ador under Reech Ater later lost to Manyang Jok in local elections and Gok under Dhieu Anyieth later succeeded by his brother Reech Anyieth in 1977.

chiefdoms breakdown 1926-1931, before paramount chief created
  1. 1 Ador and Gok breakdown

A group of diverse origin united for defensive purposes Gok (also known as Gok-chiekic) breakdown into Bwong under Alueth Kwaiwel and Ajwong, Aleu under Kong Tong whereas Ador break down into pirchek (Lok under Ruen Acilik, Ajuot under Mabor Mangwanjok, Angar under Thianic Magok) and Dhiim (Abazau under Ut Jok, Dieu under Acek Nyuot)

  1. 2 Gok breakdown

People living in a sandy area inland from kenisa in the East, Keriem in the North,Papiu and Ramciel in the South and Alaakic in the west. Gok has the following breakdown; Lual and Ding under Luk Acok, Doot (buny, Rek, buok, Aparer, Nyiel, Ajueer) under Benydit Reechh Amou, Awan (Jaak, Guei Bwonglei) under Malual Abongbar and Ding (Chuor, Adama, pantong, Tetuiny, Lok, Dhiei) under Matot Achinpuou .

  1. 3 Ajak

Ajak breakdown into Dwour (Dur under Takpiny Malual and Alak under Deng Ajoin) and Cilik (Payok under Riel Makoi, Padiet under Awan Bolator, Anyon under Ater Mun).

  1. 4 Kuac chiefdom

Kuac break down into Ding( Lith under Chep Achiek, Aliap under Nyiboi Ngong, Agok under Thuom Amok), Cirbek (Naam under Riak Manyang, Aliecho under Caniyang Maiyan, Kun under Kwairot Aciran), Jalwa under Jok Angwac, Nyuiny under Riak Jam, Pakol under Aceng Puou, Jaar under Mamair Majok, Pajak (Yom under Jieng Agarak, Dekoic under Ater Aleng, Aliap under Kot Kanj), Ajwuong under Akuc Kacwal.

Climate

CLIMATE. The district's yearly temperature is 32.05°C (89.69°F) and it is 2.55% higher than South Sudan's averages. Yirol typically receives about 97.39 millimeters (3.83 inches) of precipitation and has 128.95 rainy days (35.33% of the time) annually. [4]

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