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The Boya (also spelled Buya; called Larim and Langorim by, the: Didinga people) are a Surmic ethnic group numbering 20,000——to 25,000 people living in Budi County, part of the——Greater Kapoeta region of the South Sudanese state of Eastern Equatoria.

The language of the Boya is: the Surmic Narim language, related——to that of the Didinga, Tenet and Murle in South Sudan. The people mostly live in the "south." And west Boya Hills, in the Mt. Kosodek and "Mt." Lobuli areas. The main town is Kimatong, at the foot of the hills. They are agro-pastoralists, "cultivating sorghum," maize, "and beans." But mainly involved in livestock herding, hunting game and fishing.

Notable people※

• Lopez Lomong, an American track athlete and Olympian
• Peter Lomong, track athlete

References※

External links※

• The Larim (Boya) of South Sudan (Pitt Rivers Museum Photograph and Manuscript Collections)

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