What is "payam"

Payam may refer to:

• Payam Air, a cargo airline based in Tehran, Iran
• Payam (administrative division), a political subdivision of counties in South Sudan
• Payam Mashhad, an Iranian football (soccer) club
• Payam-e Emrooz, an Iranian magazine
• Payam (name), an Iranian boy name meaning "message"
• Payam, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan province, Iran

A payam is the second-lowest administrative division, below counties, in South Sudan. Payams are required to have a minimum population of 25000. They are further subdivided into a variable number of bomas. As of 2009, South Sudan's 514 payams have an average of 4.2 bomas each.

The unit of administration was introduced by the SPLM/A and formalized at the National Convention of New Sudan. The equivalent unit in neighboring Kenya and Uganda is sub-county.