Latjoor

Latjoor
State
Location of Latjoor in South Sudan
Country	South Sudan
Capital	Nasir
Number of Counties	9
Government
• Governor	Peter Lam Both
Population (2014 Estimate)
• Total	534,440

Latjoor is one of the 28 states of South Sudan. It is located in the Greater Upper Nile region and it borders Eastern Nile to the north, Eastern Bieh to the south, and Ethiopia 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.

Peter Lam Both was appointed Governor on 24 December.

The state consists of 9 counties created in April 2016:

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