Torit

Torit
Hatiha توريت
Overblik
Land Sydsudan
DelstatEastern Equatoria
UN/LOCODESSTOR Rediger på Wikidata
Demografi
17.957 (2008) Rediger på Wikidata
Andet
Højde m.o.h.617 m Rediger på Wikidata
Oversigtskort
Torit is located in Sydsudan
Torit
Torit
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Torits beliggenhed i Sydsudan 04°24′29″N 32°34′30″Ø / 4.40806°N 32.57500°Ø / 4.40806; 32.57500

Torit er en by der er hovedstad i delstaten Eastern Equatoria i Sydsudan.

Historie

Den 18. august 1955 gjorde Equatoria Corps mytteri ved Torit, hvilket startede den første sudanesiske borgerkrig.[1] I 1964 lukkede militærregeringen i Khartoum "alle de kristne missionsskoler" i området.[1] Torit fik kommunestatus, administreret af en borgmester den 19. august 2013, og den første borgmester i Torit kommune var Ustaz, Stephen Osfaldo Lobali.[2]

Beliggenhed

Byen ligger i Torit County i delstaten Eastern Equatoria [3] i den sydøstlige del af Sydsudan, tæt på den internationale grænse til Republikken Uganda. Den ligger cirka 150 kilometer øst for Juba, hovedstaden og den største by i Sydsudan, ad vej.[4]

Befolkning

Befolkningen i Torit blev i 2004 anslået til 20.050,[5] og i henhold til folketællingen i 2008, 33.657 mennesker.[6]

Uddannelse

Equatoria International University åbnede midlertidigt i Torit den 21. juni 2019, selvom universitetet er ved at bygge en permanent lokation 5 km syd for byen.[7]

Referencer

  1. ^ a b Richard Crockett (2010). Yale University Press. Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State, p. 45. ISBN 9780300162738.
  2. ^ Ijoo, Bosco (20. august 2013). "Eastern Equatoria to upgrade three towns to municipalities". Sudan Tribune. Hentet 22. august 2013.
  3. ^ Nakimangole, Peter Lokale (22. april 2016). "Additional Counties In Torit And kapoeta States Established". Gurtong. Hentet 20. august 2016.
  4. ^ "Distance between Juba () (Airport) and Torit (Al Wilayah al Istiwa'iyah) (Sudan)". distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Hentet 26. januar 2021.
  5. ^ Estimated Population In 2004
  6. ^ Statistical Yearbook for Southern Sudan Arkiveret 13. november 2012 hos Wayback Machine. Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation, 2010, p. 31 (PDF; 11,6 MB)
  7. ^ "Equatoria International University officially opens in Torit". Radio Tamazuj (engelsk). Hentet 26. januar 2021.

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