Budi county
| Budi County | |
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 Budi County
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| Coordinates: 4°15′22″N 33°27′22″E / 4.25611°N 33.45611°ECoordinates: 4°15′22″N 33°27′22″E / 4.25611°N 33.45611°E | |
| Country |
 South Sudan
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| State | Namorunyang State |
| Government | |
| • County Commissioner | Charles Adtul |
Budi County is an administrative area of Namorunyang State. Before the reorganisation of states in 2015, it was a part of Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan, with headquarters in Chukudum.
Budi county is located in the south of Namorunyang State, bordered by Uganda to the south. Until recently, Budi County was part of Greater Kapoeta. It was split off when Greater Kapoeta was divided between Kapoeta County and Budi County, named after the Buya and Didinga (BU-DI) people. Kapoeta County was later split into Kapoeta North, South and East counties.
Budi County has two distinct ecological zones. The highlands run from north to south along the eastern border with Kapoeta County. The lowlands descend from the east towards the Kidepo River in the west. The highlands have two rainy seasons, March–September and October–February, making agriculture productive and often producing surplus crops for sale. The lowlands have a single long planting season from March to September, and often experience food shortages.
The county is divided into the payams of Kimatong, Lotukei, Komiri (Chukudum), Loudo, Lauro, Ngarich and Nagishot. The Buya people are 20-30% of the population and the Didinga people 70-80% of the total. 2005 population estimates ranged between 128,385 and 155,847, with the lower number considered more plausible. The Buya occupy most of the lowlands of the Kimatong and Ngarich payams, in the northern half of the county, and the Didinga occupy the remaining southern payams of the county.
As of 2005 Budi County had one 800 metres (2,600 ft) airstrip, in Chukudum town. It had no paved roads, but was accessible from Kenya and Uganda, at least in the dry season. With the Didinga-Toposa peace agreement of February 2003 the Kapoeta-Lauro road was opened and it became possible for aid workers to reach the Lauro payam for the first time. New unpaved roads had given the economy a boost.
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