Balanda Boor people

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The Balanda Boor (or Boor) are an ethnic group numbering 40,000 to 50,000 people living in the South Sudanese states of Western Equatoria and Western Bahr el Ghazal. [1] They speak the Belanda Bor language, however most are bilingual in Belanda Viri.

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  1. "Gurtong Peace Project".