Northern Liech was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020.

[3] It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and it bordered Ruweng to the north, Western Bieh to the east, Southern Liech to the south, Tonj to the south, and Gogrial and Twic to the west.

[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.

[5] In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states.