Kongor
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Kongor is a community in Jonglei
Jonglei
Jonglei is one of the 10 states of South Sudan. Jonglei is the largest state in the Republic of South Sudan, with approximately 122,479 km2, as well as the most populous according to the controversial 2008 census conducted during present-day South Sudan's second period of autonomy. Bor is the...

 state, South Sudan
South Sudan
South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...

. It is in Kongor Payam in Twic East County
Twic East County
Dinka or Jieng Twic East is one of the Dinka communities located in Jonglei State of the Republic of South Sudan. Twic East County is bordering Bor County, Pibor County, Uror County, Duk County and White Nile/River Nile...

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Kongor is in Dinka territory.
The village is to the east of the White Nile
White Nile
The White Nile is a river of Africa, one of the two main tributaries of the Nile from Egypt, the other being the Blue Nile. In the strict meaning, "White Nile" refers to the river formed at Lake No at the confluence of the Bahr al Jabal and Bahr el Ghazal rivers...

 and about 80 miles (128.7 km) north of Bor.
The area is subject to flood and drought depending on the season.
The people are pastoralists, with an economy based on cattle which demands seasonal migration in search of good pasture.

Kongor was to become a diocese of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Sudan, to be split out from Bor Diocese. There were delays, and in April 2009 the clergy unilaterally declared that Kongor was a diocese in a letter to the Rt. Reverend Nathaniel Garang Anyieth, Bishop of Bor Diocese.
The root of the problem was insistence on the name "Kongor" for the diocese, while the other seven payams in Twic East county preferred the name "Twic East".

The early activist leader Joseph Oduho
Joseph Oduho
Joseph Oduho Haworu was a leading politician from South Sudan who was active in the struggle for independence and a founding member of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement .-Early years 1929-1960:...

, one of the founders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), was killed during a fight that broke out between SPLM factions at a meeting in Kongor on 27 March 1993.
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