Torit

{{Short description|City in South Sudan}}

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توريت

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| leader_name = Joseph Aye Joseph Oswaha{{Cite web|title=Torit mayor orders butchers, vegetable sellers out of old market|url=https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/torit-mayor-orders-butchers-vegetable-sellers-out-of-the-old-market|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Radio Tamazuj|language=en}}

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Torit is a city of Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan.

History

{{See also|Torit County#History}}

On 18 August 1955, the Equatoria Corps mutinied at Torit, starting the First Sudanese Civil War.Richard Crockett (2010). Yale University Press. Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State, p. 45. {{ISBN|9780300162738}}. In 1964 the military government in Khartoum closed "all the Christian mission schools" in the area.Richard Crockett (2010). Yale University Press. Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State, p. 45-46. {{ISBN|9780300162738}}. 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.{{cite news|last=Ijoo|first=Bosco|date=20 August 2013|title=Eastern Equatoria to upgrade three towns to municipalities|newspaper=Sudan Tribune|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article47717|access-date=22 August 2013}}

Climatic change Torit county

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Location

The city is in Torit County in Eastern Equatoria State,{{cite web|url=http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/19112/Additional-Counties-In-Torit-And-Kapoeta-States-Established.aspx|title=Additional Counties In Torit And kapoeta States Established|first=Peter Lokale|last=Nakimangole|publisher=Gurtong|date=22 April 2016|access-date=20 August 2016}} in the southeastern part of South Sudan, close to the international border with the Republic of Uganda. It is approximately {{convert|150|km|mi}} east of Juba, the capital and largest city in South Sudan, by road.{{Cite web|title=Distance between Juba () (Airport) and Torit (Al Wilayah al Istiwa'iyah) (Sudan)|url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Sudan_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Juba%20()%20(Airport)%20&toplace=Torit%20(Al%20Wilayah%20al%20Istiwa%27iyah)%20&fromlat=4.872006&tolat=4.4133333&fromlng=31.601117&tolng=32.5677778|access-date=2021-01-26|website=distancecalculator.globefeed.com}} 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,[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=torit+population Estimated Population In 2004] and, according to census results, 33,657 in 2008.[http://ssnbs.org/storage/Statistical%20Year%202010.pdf Statistical Yearbook for Southern Sudan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113145321/http://ssnbs.org/storage/Statistical%20Year%202010.pdf |date=2012-11-13 }}. Southern Sudan Centre for Census, Statistics and Evaluation, 2010, p. 31 (PDF; 11,6 MB)

Education

Equatoria International University temporarily opened in Torit on 21 June 2019, although the university is building a permanent site south of the city.{{Cite web|title=Equatoria International University officially opens in Torit|url=https://radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/equatoria-international-university-officially-opens-in-torit|access-date=2021-01-26|website=Radio Tamazuj|language=en}}

Points of interest

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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

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