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Lakes State

State of South Sudan

Summary

State of South Sudan

Field	Value
name	Lakes State
native_name	Jieng/Belle
settlement_type	State
image_flag	Flag of Lakes State.png
image_seal	Emblem of Lakes State.png
image_map	Al-Buhayrat Map.svg
map_caption	Location in South Sudan.
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	South Sudan
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Bahr el Ghazal
subdivision_type2	No. of counties:Eight
seat_type	Capital
seat	Rumbek
government_type	Revitalized Transitional government
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Rin Tueny Mabor
established_title	State
established_date	Jul 9th 2011
area_total_km2	43595.08
population_as_of	2017 estimate
population_total	853,097
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	CAT
utc_offset	+2
blank_name_sec1	HDI (2019)
blank_info_sec1	0.348
· 6th of 10

· 6th of 10

Lakes is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 43,595.08 km2. Rumbek is the capital of the state. Lakes is in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan, in addition to Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, and Warrap states. Bahr el Ghazal itself was a former province which was split from the Anglo-Egyptian mudiriyat, or province of Equatoria in 1948. The eastern border was the White Nile with Jonglei State on the opposite bank. To the northeast lied the Unity State. Other borders included Warrap State towards the northwest, Western Equatoria to the south and west, and Central Equatoria to the south.

In July 2011, Ramciel in Lakes state was under consideration by the federal government as a site for a new national capital, which would replace Juba.

Administration

Like all states in South Sudan, Lakes was divided into counties; there were eight counties, each headed by a County Commissioner.

County		Area (km2)		Population
Census 2008		County
Commissioner
Awerial
Cueibet
Rumbek North
Rumbek Central
Wulu
Rumbek East
Yirol West
Yirol East

The counties are further divided into Payams, then Bomas.

Disestablishment and re-establishment

Lakes State was disestablished in October 2015 due to South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit issuing a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 previously established states. As a result, the states of Eastern Lakes, Gok and Western Lakes were created. Lakes state was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020.

Conflict

Cattle raids were persistent in the Lakes State, between the Republic of Sudan and the former rebel group SPLA/M, since the CPA was signed in 2005. Human rights journalist Manyang Mayom reported heavily on government oppression in the Lakes State; his work won him the Human Rights Watch Award on August 4, 2010. Mayom was expelled from the Warrap State in November 2021 for his work in that region with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

References

"South Sudan: States and counties".
"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
Christie, Sean. (8 July 2011). "South Sudan brushes fear aside".
"Kiir and Makuei want 28 states in South Sudan". Radio Tamazuj.
"After 6 years of war, will peace finally come to South Sudan? {{!".
(2021-11-10). "Warrap banishes local reporter working for UN radio".

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