Lafon Country is an administrative area in Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan

South Sudan

South Sudan , officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country located in the Sahel region of northeastern Africa. It is also part of the North Africa UN sub-region. Its current capital is Juba, which is also its largest city; the capital city is planned to be moved to the more...

, with headquarters at Lafon

Lafon, South Sudan

Lafon is a community in Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan, the headquarters of Lafon County.The people belong to the Pari ethnic group.Lafon Hill is a small, rocky elevation that rises abruptly from the surrounding plain....

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The main community belongs to the Pari ethnic group.
Other communities are Lopit

Lopit people

The Lopit or Lopid are an ethnic group numbering 90,000 to 136,000 people living in the South Sudanese state of Eastern Equatoria. The Lopit language is Nilotic....

 and Lotuko people.
In March 2009 Lafon/Lopa County was officially renamed Lafon County.

Most of the communities in Lafon County are farmers, and have a single cropping season.
As of November 2009 they were facing severe food insecurity due to drought. Cattle rustling had increased as the people sought alternative food. There were no NGOs or UN agencies operating in the county.
Lafon country included many supporters of the National Congress

National Congress (Sudan)

The National Congress or National Congress Party ' is the governing official political party of Sudan. It is headed by Omar al-Bashir, who has been President of Sudan since he seized power in a military coup on 30 June 1989, and began institutionalizing Sharia law at a national level...

. Despite this, in the January 2011 referendum Lafon was the only county in Eastern Equatoria that voted unanimously for separation.