A payam is the second-lowest administrative division, below counties,[1] in South Sudan.
][2] As of 2017[update], South Sudan has 540 payams[what language is this?]
][citation needed] The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A[2] and formalized at the National Convention of New Sudan.
[3] The equivalent unit in neighboring Kenya and Uganda is sub-county.
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