Kapoeta North County

Kapoeta North County
Kapoeta North County is located in South Sudan
Kapoeta North County
Kapoeta North County
Location in South Sudan
Coordinates: 4°53′43″N 33°31′16″E / 4.895309°N 33.521025°E / 4.895309; 33.521025
Country South Sudan
RegionEquatoria
StateEastern Equatoria
HeadquartersRiwoto
Area
 • Total5,732 km2 (2,213 sq mi)
Population
 (2017 estimate[1])
 • Total158,889
 • Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Kapoeta North County is an administrative division of Eastern Equatoria.[2] The principal settlement is Riwoto and the largest ethnic group are the Toposa people. The county emblem is an elephant.[3]

Eastern Equatoria
  1. ^ "South Sudan: States and counties". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
  2. ^ Nakimangole, Peter Lokale (22 April 2016). "Additional Counties In Imatong And Namorunyang States Established". Gurtong. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. ^ Owen Bosco (30 June 2011). "EES Torit: Gen. Joseph Lagu Urged, 1955 Torit Uprise To Be Honored". Sosa News. Retrieved 2011-07-28.