Maiwut

Maiwut

Coordinates: 8°36′00″N 33°55′00″E / 8.6°N 33.9166667°E / 8.6; 33.9166667

Maiwut is a county in Upper Nile, South Sudan. The name 'Maiwut' is also being shared by the City of Maiwut; the administrative council of county Payams and Bomas. Located at the very border between Ethiopia and South Sudan, Maiwut boasts and sits next to some of the historical places in Southern Sudanese struggle, like the Bilpham SPLA military headquarter, The Itang and Punyido refugees camps, the Bonga military training camps etc. In a recent Southern Sudan referendum, Maiwut County made a historic milestone with all of its registered population voting 100% for Separation of the southern Sudan.[1]

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