 Lopit village in Imehejek | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 160,000 to 200,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 South Sudan | 160,000 to 200,000 |
| Languages | |
| Lopit language | |
The Lopit people are a Nilotic ethnic group found in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan.[1] Traditionally, they refer to themselves as donge (plural) or dongioni (singular). The Lopit number 160,000 to 200,000 people[2] living in the Lopit area, in the Lopit mountains which extend from the east to the north of Torit.
The Lopit area borders Pari to the north, Tennet to the North and East, Bari to north-west, Lokoya and Otuho to the west, Otuho and Dongotono to the south, and Toposa and Boya to the east.[3] Lopit comprises 55-57 villages. Imehejek is the headquarters of Lopa county and is located in the Lopit area. There are five payams (administrative areas)[4] in the Lopit area: Imehejek (eastern / centre), Ohutok and Obunge (south), Arilo (north) and Ongiro (western).
- ^ "Gurtong Peace Project".
- ^ 2008 Sudanese Census
- ^ Distribution of Ethnic Groups in Southern Sudan (as of 24 Dec 2009) - United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2010
- ^ STARBASE (Sudan Transition and Recovery Database): Report on Torit County, Page 2 - United Nations Sudan, 2005.