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South Sudan: Bentiu PoC Update - Displacement Tracking and Monitoring: Population Count (29 - 31 January 2016)

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The total number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) the UN Mission in South Sudan’s Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Bentiu as of 31 January 2016 is 119,476. The second January 2016 population count was held in Bentiu PoC from the 29th to the 31st of January, 2016.

Compared to the first count conducted in mid-January, we have seen a slight drop from 120, 498 individuals to 119,476 individuals, despite registering more than 2,200 new arrivals between the two counts. The reason for the drop in population could be because there was a General Food Distribution (GFD) conducted during the first round and not during the second.