History
At the start of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Jor was part of the Administrative Zone 2; however between 2001 and 2007 the Zone was reorganized and Jor became part of the Anuak Zone.
On 11 April 2007, it was reported that over 1000 well-armed members of the Murle crossed from southern Sudan and attacked an Anuak village named Angela in Jor, some 150 kilometers from the capital. The attack claimed the lives of 26 people, left 13 people seriously wounded, 200 houses burnt, and large herds of cattle stolen. This raid was preceded by one on a Nuer village, called Bilimkuon, 95 kilometers from the capital; this attack left seven people dead, and rustled over 3,936 head of cattle.
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