Latjoor was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020.
[4] 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.
[5] In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states.