Eastern Lakes State

Eastern Lakes
State
Location of Eastern Lakes State within South Sudan
Country	South Sudan
Capital	Yirol
Number of Counties11	3
Government
• Governor	Bor Phillip
Population (2014 Estimate)
• Total	335,130

Eastern Lakes State is one of the 28 states of South Sudan. It is located in the Bahr el Ghazal region and it borders Southern Liech to the north, Western States to the west, Amadi to the southwest, Terekeka to the southeast, and Jonglei to the east.

On 2 October 2015, President Salva Kiir issued a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 constitutionally established states. The decree established the new states largely along ethnic lines. A number of opposition parties and civil society groups challenged the constitutionality of the decree. Kiir later resolved to take it to parliament for approval as a constitutional amendment. In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states.

Rin Tuec was appointed Governor on 24 December.

The state consists of 11 counties:

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