Mathiang is a boma in Baidit payam, Bor West County, Jonglei State, South Sudan, about 30 kilometers north of Bor. The village is located at the southern extent of the sudd, South Sudan's central wetlands, on the east side of the Bahr al Jabal River.
Demographics According to the Fifth Population and Housing Census of Sudan, conducted in April 2008, Mathiang boma had a population of 8,949 people, composed of 4,469 male and 4,480 female residents.In 2008, at the time of the census, Mathiang was located in Bor South County. 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 . Also, see Demographics of South Sudan.
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