Payam (administrative division)

Apayamis the second-lowestadministrative 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 ofbomas.^{[what language is this?]}^[2]As of 2017^[update],South Sudan has 540payams^{[what language is this?]}and 2500bomas.^{[what language is this?]}^{[citation needed]}

The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A^[2]and formalized at theNational Convention of New Sudan.^[3]The equivalent unit in neighboringKenyaandUgandais sub-county.^{[citation needed]}

References

^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 ^bGrawert, 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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