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Eastern Equatoria

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The executive head of the State was the Governor, who was elected. The Governor was appointing ministers, advisors, and the Executive Directors to the Counties. The Counties in turn, were ruled by the democratically elected Local Government Councils headed by the County Commissioner The state
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Eastern Equatoria, like other states in South Sudan, was sub-divided into counties. These were further divided into Payams, then Bomas. Each county was headed by a County Commissioner, elected by the people of a County as the head of the local government in the County.
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Eastern Equatoria is the most mountainous state in South Sudan. People entirely depend on agriculture and livestock keeping. Whenever there's climate change, people in those areas are least likely to be affected.
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Counties were originally larger, but were subdivided in part to ensure that the different communities have full representation. Thus Torit County was subdivided into Torit, Lopa and Ikwotos counties, and
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Most of the inhabitants of Eastern Equatoria live by subsistence farming, and also raise cattle, sheep and goats. Some of the crops are sold, while most are consumed locally. The
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are found, with twelve of the 17 reported cases occurring "in one small pocket of Eastern Equatoria State," according to
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was divided into Budi County and Kapoeta county, which in turn was divided into Kapoeta North, South and East counties.
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people who inhabit a portion of the lopit hills after they split from Didinga and Murle early in the 19th century and
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in Budi county have rich and fertile soil that is used for cultivation of tobacco, potatoes, maize, and Dura.
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live in Budi county around Chukudum. Further west, Lopa, Torit and Ikwoto counties are inhabited by the
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states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020.
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legislature was elected, with the first elections being held in April 2010.
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As of 2014, this was one of the last areas in the world where cases of
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live in the Kapeota counties in the east of the state. The
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state was home to several different ethnic groups. The
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On October 1, 1972, the state was divided into 1469: 861: 340:is the current governor of Eastern Equatoria. 1274: 963: 248:73,472.01 km (28,367.70 sq mi) 798: 348:The state shares international borders with 494: 372:in the east, between Eastern Equatoria and 1281: 1267: 970: 956: 745:Government of Eastern Equatoria 2005–2010 740:Government of Eastern Equatoria from 2010 908: 498: 395: 14: 1470: 1375: 1262: 977: 951: 26: 909:Doucleff, Michaeleen (2014-07-08). 24: 782:"South Sudan: States and counties" 25: 1494: 931: 1290: 1036: 172: 121: 106: 96: 31: 66:State in Equatoria, South Sudan 902: 893: 847: 822: 774: 13: 1: 767: 485: 391: 579: 343: 7: 943:Video of Equatorians Abroad 733: 400:Peace agreement dancers in 356:in the south-east and with 10: 1499: 899:Local Government Bill 2009 688:20 May 2010 - 9 Jul 2011 678:24 Feb 2010 - 20 May 2010 668:30 Sep 2005 - 24 Feb 2010 657:18 Jul 2005 - 30 Sep 2005 518:Counties as of 2020 were: 1440: 1414: 1405: 1366: 1344: 1313: 1304: 1195: 1164: 1123: 1097: 1045: 1034: 985: 915:NPR : Goats and Soda 563: 290: 273: 265: 257: 252: 244: 239: 229: 221: 216: 206: 195: 185: 167: 132: 120: 92: 87: 78: 71: 40:This article needs to be 830:"South Sudan at GeoHive" 698:9 Jul 2011 — 9 Jul 2019 495:Administrative divisions 127:Location in South Sudan. 1326:Northern Bahr el Ghazal 708:Jul 2019 — May 2020 88:Eastern Equatoria State 1321:Western Bahr el Ghazal 503: 405: 1483:States of South Sudan 1347:administrative status 810:hdi.globaldatalab.org 786:www.citypopulation.de 502: 399: 269:19/km (49/sq mi) 230: • Governor 1441:Administrative Areas 637:Jan 2000 - Feb 2001 627:Dec 1997 - Jan 2000 617:Jun 1994 - Dec 1997 607:Jun 1994 - Nov 1994 597:Feb 1994 - Jun 1994 543:Kapoeta South County 538:Kapoeta North County 266: • Density 63:State of South Sudan 1299:political divisions 722:Louis Lobong Lojore 718:Jun 2020 - Present 712:Louis Lobong Lojore 672:Aloisio Emor Ojetuk 585: 570:Guinea worm disease 533:Kapoeta East County 404:, Eastern Equatoria 352:in the south, with 338:Louis Lobong Lojore 234:Louis Lobong Lojore 148: /  1407:Greater Upper Nile 938:Equatorians Abroad 876:Sudan Vision Daily 651:Caesar Baya Lolaya 584: 504: 406: 368:in the north. 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East Equatoria
State
Flag of Eastern Equatoria
Official seal of Eastern Equatoria
Location in South Sudan.
04°45′N 33°11′E / 4.750°N 33.183°E / 4.750; 33.183
South Sudan
Equatoria
No. of counties
Torit
Louis Lobong Lojore
Time zone
UTC+2
CAT
HDI
5th of 10
state
South Sudan
Torit
Imatong
Namorunyang
Louis Lobong Lojore
Uganda
Kenya
Ethiopia
Central Equatoria
Jonglei
Ilemi Triangle
Lake Turkana
South Sudan

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