The Lopit or Lopitians is an ethnic group found in Eastern Equatoria State, Southern Sudan. The people are called Loopits (Plural) and Lopitinani (singular). Lopit numbers about 90,000 to 136,000 people living in throughout Lopit teritories. Lopit borders Otuho, Lokoro, Buya. Traditionally, Lopits are cattle keepers and they keep vast number of Animals. They move from Place to place with their Animals during dry season but without a change in settlement. The languages spoken are Lopit, Otuho and Tennet or Irrenge. Their headquarters is Imehejek, which is the center of the County Lopa.
Lopit comprises more than fifty five villages from Loming in the South to Lomiorok in the North and Idale in the North and from the West.
Some important towns and Vilages in Lopit are: Imehejek, Lohutok, Lolongo, Iboni, Idali and Mura Lopit.
South Sudanese state of Eastern Equatoria.[1] The Lopit language is Nilotic.
Unicef 2000 report
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