Makuach, South Sudan

Makuach is a Payam in the Bor County of Jonglei State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan.

[1] It is situated on the east side of the Bahr al Jabal River.

[2] According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Makuach had a combined population of 29,412 people, composed of 15,251 male and 14,161 female residents.

[4] A huge church called Dhion (Zion), which is often cited as the largest grass-roofed structure ever built in South Sudan,[5] is located at Pakayo (or Pakeo), a site between the Werekok and Kapat boma centers.

[6] Marc Nikkel visited the site in 1994 and described it like this: This South Sudan location article is a stub.