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| subdivision_name1       = [[Jonglei State]]
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| subdivision_name2       = Bor West County (since 2016)<ref name=Mading2016>{{cite news |last= Mading|first= Juuk Othana |date= 3 May 2016 |title= Governor Establishes Additional Counties In Jonglei |url= http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/ArticleView/mid/519/articleId/19165/Governor-Establishes-Additional-Counties-In-Jonglei.aspx|work= Gurtong |location= Bor, South Sudan |access-date= 12 June 2017}}</ref>
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'''Baidit''' is a [[Payam (administrative division)| Payam]] in Bor West County, in [[Jonglei]] [[States of South Sudan|State]], [[South Sudan]].<ref name=Mading2016 />  It is situated on the east side of the [[White Nile| Bahr al Jabal River]] a short distance north of [[Bor, South Sudan]].  Baidit is the county headquarters for Bor West County.<ref>{{cite news |last= Peter |first=  Mach Samuel |date= September 15, 2016 |title= Breaking News: Names of the 14 County Commissioners in Jonglei State|url=https://paanluelwel.com/2016/09/15/breaking-news-name-of-the-14-county-commissioners-in-jonglei-state/  |work= PaanLuel Wël |location= Bor, South Sudan|access-date= July 4, 2017}}</ref>
==Baidit Massacre==
around 4:00 P.M. on Sunday, 23rd January 2022, at [[Baidit Payam]], [[Bor County]]. [[Jonglei State]], a group of organized gangs of criminals, heavily armed, suspected to be from neighboring [[Pibor Administrative Area]], launched an attack in the area, killed and wounded innocent civilians, set homes on fire raided cattle, and marched Eastward.
The State government and Jonglei Communities according to the letter, were and still are appalled by this shocking news this atrocious attack led to 32 innocent lives taken, 24 people wounded. 1 missing, 2,600 cattle raided, and a number of immovable properties destroyed or burnt.
==History==
Baidit [[Payam (administrative division)| Payam]] is named for the village, Baidit (whose name is sometimes combined with an adjoining town, called Padak), where the [[Payam (administrative division)| payam's]] administrative headquarters are located.<ref name=UNOCHA>{{cite web |url= https://docs.unocha.org/sites/dms/SouthSudan/2014%20South%20Sudan/Maps/SS_0010a_South_Sudan_Administrative_A1_15062012.pdf |title= South Sudan Administrative divisions |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2014 |website= docs.unocha.org |publisher=  United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) |access-date= 14 June 2017 }}</ref>  During the [[Second Sudanese Civil War| Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2004)]], Baidit village was the site of a [[Sudan People's Liberation Army]] headquarters commanded by [[Kuol Manyang Juuk]], which was located in buildings originally constructed by the Dutch Government to house a medical training center.<ref>{{cite book |last= Nikkel |first=Marc |date= 2006 |title= Why Haven't You Left? Letters from the Sudan |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HYh5AAAAQBAJ&dq=baidit&pg=PA68 |publisher= Church Publishing |page= 68|isbn= 0898697743 }}</ref>
==Demographics==
Baidit is composed of six [[Boma (administrative division) |bomas]]: [[Akayiech, South Sudan| Akayiech]], [[Manydeng, South Sudan| Manydeng]],  [[Makol Cuei, South Sudan| Makol Cuei]], [[Mathiang, South Sudan| Mathiang]], [[Mayen, South Sudan| Mayen]], and [[Tong, South Sudan|Tong]].<!--Ngatiag is listed in the 5th Pop. and Housing Census as a boma, but it does not seem to have been; it's just a village--><ref>{{cite report |author= Winrock International & United Nations Development Program (UNDP) |date= 2011 |title= Annex IV BRIDGE Winrock Q1 Report FY 2012 – Bor County Profile |url= http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PA00J9MJ.pdf |publisher= USAID  }}</ref><ref group=note> Spellings of these [[Boma (administrative division) |bomas]] vary considerably, in large part owing to differences of orthographic conventions and, for place-names, specially, the way that [[Dinka language| Dinka]] singular nouns ending in a vowel or certain consonants, when followed by an adjective, pronoun, possessive, or a modifying noun (genitive), are pronounced with a [[Nasalization| nasalized]] final sound.  Thus Mach Deng is pronounced /Manydeng/. A few common alternative spellings follow: Akayiech or Akeyech, Machdeng or Manydeng, Makol-chuei or Makol Cuei or Makolchuei, and Mathieng or Mathiang.</ref>  According to the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'', conducted in April 2008, Baidit had a combined population of 51,532 people, composed of 26,915 male and 24,617 female residents.<ref>{{cite report |author= National Bureau of Statistics |date= 2013 |title= Population Distribution by Sex by Boma, Vol. III |url= http://www.ssnbss.org/home/document/census/population-distribution-by-sex-by-BOMA |publisher= The Republic of South Sudan, The National Bureau of Statistics |page= 34 |access-date= 11 June 2017 |quote= Table 138: Jonglei State, Bor South County, Baidit Payam |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171114000909/http://www.ssnbss.org/home/document/census/population-distribution-by-sex-by-BOMA |archive-date= 14 November 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref group=note>The data collected during the ''Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan'' were to be the primary source of information for decisions about the number and demarcation of electoral constituencies and administrative boundaries in what was then southern Sudan.  South Sudanese officials rejected census results for southern Sudan.  See {{cite report |author= Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre |date= 2010 |title= 5th Population and Housing Census in Sudan – An Incomplete Exercise |url= http://www.sudanconsortium.org/member_publications/2010/February/DRDC.Report%20on%20the%205th%20Population%20Census%20in%20Sudan.February2010.pdf |publisher= Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre, Geneva (Switzerland) |access-date= 11 June 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170918135100/http://www.sudanconsortium.org/member_publications/2010/February/DRDC.Report%20on%20the%205th%20Population%20Census%20in%20Sudan.February2010.pdf |archive-date= 18 September 2017 |url-status= dead }}.  Also, see [[Demographics of South Sudan]].</ref>
Baidit is home to three major communities.  These are [[Angakuei]], Biong, Pathuyith.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://paanluelwel.com/2016/09/17/what-are-the-respective-population-sizes-of-the-14-new-counties-in-jonglei-state/ |title= What are the respective population sizes of the 14 new counties in Jonglei state? |last= Wël |first= PaanLuel|date= 17 September 2016|website= paanluelwel.com |publisher= PaanLuel Wël |access-date= 12 June 2017}}</ref>
Tong Boma is composed of Lith Akuok Machar as the largest section, followed by Hol (sometimes called Berjokngong), Deng Ajak and Pen.
==Infrastructure==
The Padak/Baidit airstrip is located in Baidit [[Payam (administrative division)| Payam]].<ref name=UNOCHA />  [[John Garang Memorial University| John Garang Memorial University's]] Padak Fisheries Training Centre was established there in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.jgmust-edu.org/padakfish.php |title= Padak Fishery Institute |author= <!--Not stated--> |date= 2013 |website= jgmust-edu.org |publisher= Dr. John Garang Memorial University of Science & Technology |access-date= 14 June 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170711125424/http://www.jgmust-edu.org/padakfish.php |archive-date= 11 July 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
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