Jonglei State

State:

Jonglei

Flag:

Province:

Upper Nile

Jonglei State counties:

 

Twic East County
Duk County
Bor County
Akobo County,
Nyirol County
Uror County
Pibor County
Pochalla County
Ayod County
Pigi County
Fangak County

Capital city: 

Bor

TRIBES WHICH RESIDE WITHIN JONGLEI STATE INCLUDE:

Murle people

Estimated population:

300,000-400,000 people

Murle people performing a dance

Relations with neighbours

Hostile in the past due to cattle raids performed by the Murle people

Diaspora

Murle diaspora is very small compared to other tribes,as the majority of those who have left are found in East Africa and in various locations overseas.
 

Suri (Kachipo) 

Estimated population:

30,000 people

A Suri girl. The Suri people are known for cicatrisation practice,where both sexes have the option to bore and stretch their ear-lobes

Suri people are found in :

Boma Plateau of South-Eastern Upper Nile province in Jonglei state
 

Also in Meoun Payam of Pibor County 

The Suri believe that they originally lived on the banks of the Nile, in the country now inhabited by the Bor Dinka.

The Suri society is made up of six clans : 

Jufa (most dominant)

Meyun

Beela

Kembo

Durugan

Baale

Land and Climate:

Hilly with deep valleys
Mild with heavy rainfall

Ancestral relations: 

None.but are linguistically, culturally related and in visually similar in appearance to the Tirma of Ethiopia..

Other tribes within Jonglei State include: 

Dinka (Jieng)
Nuer (Naath)
Anyuak 

Jonglei State's political history

Jonglei State had been the centre of politics backdated to the fail project of the Jonglei Canal and the Mutiny of the Anyanya 2 in 1975 and again in 1983.

References:Wikipedia,Gurtong,MichaelFreemanPhoto