Torit
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Torit
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| Country | South Sudan |
| Region | Equatoria |
| State | Eastern Equatoria |
| County | Torit County |
| Municipality | 19 August 2013 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Joseph Aye Joseph Oswaha[1] |
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Torit is a city in South Sudan that is the headquarters of Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State. The Equitoria Corps mutinied in Torit after independence rather than be removed to Khartoum and Arab control, starting the first civil war in Sudan. On August 18, 1955, the Torit mutiny began in Eastern Equatoria.[2]
History
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Torit was upgraded to Municipality status administered by a mayor on August 19, 2013 and the first mayor of Torit municipality was His Worship Ustaz, Stephen Osfaldo Lobali.[5]
Location
The city is in Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State,[6] in the southeastern part of South Sudan, close to the international border with the Republic of Uganda. It is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Juba, the capital and largest city in South Sudan, by road.[7] The coordinates of Torit are: 4° 24' 28.80"N, 32° 34' 30.00"E (Latitude:4.4080; Longitude:32.5750).
Population
The population of Torit was last estimated at 20,050, in 2004,[8] and, according to census results, 33,657 in 2008.[9]
Education
Equatoria International University temporarily opened in Torit on 21 June 2019, although the university is building a permanent site south of the city.[10]
Points of interest
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The following points of interest are found in Torit:
- Fr Saturlino Ohure Mausoleum
- The offices of Torit Town Council
- The headquarters of Torit County
- The headquarters of Eastern Equatoria State
- Dr John Garang Memorial Secondary School
- Torit Day Secondary School
- Torit East Primary School
- Torit Hospital
- Torit State Hospital
- The Juba-Lokichogio Road – The road, which is the primary land route to and from Kenya, passes through Torit
- Torit Airport – A small civilian airport
- Lomoliha Market – The central market for the town.
- Johnson Akio Secondary School
- Fr. Saturlino Ohure Secondary School
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Torit mayor orders butchers, vegetable sellers out of old market". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Poggo, Scopas (2008). The First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs, and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955–1972. Palgrave MacMillan. pp. 31, 40.; Robert O. Collins, Civil wars and revolution in the Sudan: essays on the Sudan, 2005, p.140
- ^ Richard Crockett (2010). Yale University Press. Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State, p. 45. Template:ISBN.
- ^ Richard Crockett (2010). Yale University Press. Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State, p. 45-46. Template:ISBN.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ijoo, Bosco (20 August 2013). "Eastern Equatoria to upgrade three towns to municipalities". Sudan Tribune. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nakimangole, Peter Lokale (22 April 2016). "Additional Counties In Torit And kapoeta States Established". Gurtong. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Distance between Juba () (Airport) and Torit (Al Wilayah al Istiwa'iyah) (Sudan)". distancecalculator.globefeed.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Estimated Population In 2004
- ^ Statistical Yearbook for Southern Sudan Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation, 2010, p. 31 (PDF; 11,6 MB)
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Equatoria International University officially opens in Torit". Radio Tamazuj. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
External links
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