Greater Pibor Administrative Area

Greater Pibor Administrative Area
Semi-autonomous area
2014–2015
Map showing the area within South Sudan, in addition to the counties of Pibor and Pochalla.
Capital		Pibor
History
•	Created after peace accord between the government and SSDM/A - Cobra Faction	2014
•	Reorganisation of states	2015

The Greater Pibor Administrative Area was a semi-autonomous area within the Jonglei State, South Sudan.

From the beginning of South Sudanese independence, the Anyuak, Jie, Kachepo, and Murle people in Jonglei sought greater autonomy from the Jonglei State government dominated by Nuer and Dinka. The resulting armed insurrections against the Government of South Sudan GoSS, initially dispersed, coalesced into the South Sudan Democratic Movement/Army (SSDM/A), which in turn was ultimately dominated by David Yau Yau and his Cobra Faction. Peace negotiations in the spring of 2014 led to a compromise that carved out two counties of Pibor and Pochalla within Jonglei state to create the new semi-autonomous Greater Pibor Administrative Area (GPAA).

The special administrative area was dissolved after the creation of Boma State in 2015.

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