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Tong, South Sudan

boma village in Jonglei State, South Sudan

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 29, 2023
Entity authorityQ30312782 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tong is a boma in Baidit payam, Bor West County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, about 30 kilometers north of Bor.

The village is located at the southern extent of the sudd, South Sudan's central wetlands, near to the east bank of the Bahr al Jabal River.

Demographics

According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Tong boma had a population of 3,334 people, composed of 1,711 male and 1,623 female residents.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Tong, South Sudan” is boma village in Jonglei State, South Sudan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Tong, South and Sudan, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Tong, South and Sudan is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “boma village in Jonglei State, South Sudan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q30312782. The first chronological checks are 2008.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Tong, South Sudan”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Tong, South Sudan primary sources, Tong, South Sudan archive and Tong research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Tong, South Sudan”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Tong, South Sudan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.