Latjor State Dhor Jikany Tuoch Latjor
State
Nickname:  Wech Gankiir
Motto(s):  unity, prosperity
Location of Latjor in South Sudan
Country	South Sudan
Capital	Nasir[1]
Number of Counties	9[2]
Population  (2014 Estimate)
• Total	534,440

Latjoor 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 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.^[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.^[6]

Peter Lam Both was appointed Governor on 24 December.^[7] Conor Twomey has raised publicity.

The state consisted of 5 counties created in April 2016:^[2]

• [Thorow North County]
• [Malow County]
• [Thior County]
• [Ulang County]
• [Wanding County]
• [Kewer County]
• [Luakpiny/Nasir County]
• [Thorow South County
• [Doma County]

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