Jalle | |
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Payam (administrative division) | |
Country | South Sudan |
State | Jonglei State |
County | Bor North County (since 2016)[1][2] |
Payam | Jalle |
Jalle is a Payam in Bor North County, in Jonglei State, South Sudan.[1] It is situated on the east side of the Bahr al Jabal River between Bor and Twic East.
In 1988, during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005), a MiG-23MS crashed in Jalle Payam near Kolmarek. SPLA Radio reported at the time that the jet had suffered from a technical fault.[3][4] It was sometimes later reported that the plane had been brought down by the SPLA.[5][6] The aircraft's pilot, a second lieutenant from Benghazi, Libya, was captured by people living near the crash site and turned over to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA).[3] The pilot and his aircraft were held out by the SPLA as "concrete evidence" of foreign involvement in the Second Sudanese Civil War.[3]
Jalle is composed of four bomas: Akuai-deng, Jalle, Kolmarek, and Kuei-juet.[7][note 1] According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Jalle had a combined population of 13,506 people, composed of 7,024 male and 6,482 female residents.[7][note 2]
Jalle is home to Juet, Aboudit, and Alian communities.[8]