3-605: Thar Jath is a community in Koch County , Unity State , South Sudan . Thar Jath was chosen as a base by the consortium that developed the Block 5A, South Sudan concession, naming the oil field "Thar Jath" after the town. In 1998 the consortium established a drilling site at Ryer, in Jagei Nuer territory, near the port of Thar Jath on the Nile. In 1998 they built an unpaved road from Bentiu to
6-446: Is extremely poor, with widespread illiteracy. There are serious security concerns. Between April and November 2010, over 35 people died in the county, many of them civilians, from insurgent attacks. There were suspicions that General Gatluak Gai , who came from Koch County, was the leader of the forces responsible for these attacks. As of January 2011 talks were in progress with different people who claimed to represent Gatluak Gai, but
9-647: The north via Duar and Guk to Ryer and Thar Jath. Koch County Koch County is an administrative division of Unity State in the Greater Upper Nile region of South Sudan , covering an area in the centre of the state. The administrative centre is the town of Koch . Large villages include Dhor Wang, Thorial, Duar , Wath-Thier and Bieh. According to the Sudan Population and Housing Census, 2008, there were 75,000 persons in Koch County. The population
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