Torit
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Torit is a city of Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan.
History
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". On 18 August 1955, the Equatoria Corps mutinied at Torit, starting the First Sudanese Civil War.[1] In 1964 the military government in Khartoum closed "all the Christian mission schools" in the area.[2] 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.[3]
Climatic change Torit county
Location
The city is in Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State,[4] in the southeastern part of South Sudan, close to the international border with the Republic of Uganda. It is approximately Template:Convert east of Juba, the capital and largest city in South Sudan, by road.[5] 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,[6] and, according to census results, 33,657 in 2008.[7]
Education
Equatoria International University temporarily opened in Torit on 21 June 2019, although the university is building a permanent site south of the city.[8]
Points of interest
Template:Unsourced section 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
- 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
External links
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- ↑ 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.
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- ↑ Estimated Population In 2004
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook for Southern Sudan Template:Webarchive. Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation, 2010, p. 31 (PDF; 11,6 MB)
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