South Sudan

==== 2015–2020 ====
[[File:South Sudan-32 States.png|thumb|upright=1.9|The 32 states of South Sudan, after the addition of 4 more states in 2017]]

In October 2015, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir issued a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 constitutionally established states.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/kiir-and-makuei-want-28-states-s-sudan|title = Kiir and Makuei want 28 states in South Sudan|work = Radio Tamazuj|access-date = 16 October 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208183221/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/kiir-and-makuei-want-28-states-s-sudan|archive-date = 8 December 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The decree established the new states largely along ethnic lines. A number of opposition parties and civil society challenged the constitutionality of this decree and Kiir later resolved to take it to parliament for approval as a constitutional amendment.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/kiir-pressured-taking-decree-parliament-approval|title = Kiir pressured into taking decree to parliament for approval|work = Radio Tamazuj|access-date = 16 October 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304224908/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/kiir-pressured-taking-decree-parliament-approval|archive-date = 4 March 2016|df = dmy-all}}</ref> In November the South Sudanese parliament empowered President Kiir to create new states.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article57484|title = South Sudan's Kiir appoints governors of 28 new states|work = Sudan Tribune|access-date = 13 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160126195523/http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article57484|archive-date = 26 January 2016|url-status = live}}</ref>

;Bar el Ghazal
#[[Aweil State|Aweil]]
#[[Aweil East]]
#[[Eastern Lakes State|Eastern Lakes]]
#[[Gogrial State|Gogrial]]
#[[Gok State|Gok]]
#[[Lol State|Lol]]
#[[Tonj State|Tonj]]
#[[Twic]]
#[[Wau State|Wau]]
#[[Western Lakes State|Western Lakes]]

;Equatoria
#[[Amadi State|Amadi]]
#[[Gbudwe State|Gbudwe]]
#[[Torit]]
#[[Jubek State|Jubek]] (containing the national capital city of [[Juba]])
#[[Maridi State|Maridi]]
#[[Kapoeta State|Kapoeta]]
#[[Tambura State|Tambura]]
#[[Terekeka State|Terekeka]]
#[[Yei River State|Yei River]]

;Greater Upper Nile
#[[Boma State|Boma]]
#[[Central Upper Nile State|Central Upper Nile]]
#[[Akobo State|Akobo]]
#[[Northern Upper Nile State|Northern Upper Nile]]
#[[Jonglei|Jonglei State]]
#[[Latjoor]]
#[[Maiwut State|Maiwut]]
#[[Northern Liech]]
#[[Ruweng State|Ruweng]]
#[[Southern Liech]]
#[[Bieh State|Bieh]]
#[[Fashoda State]]
#[[Fangak State]]

On 14 January 2017 another four states were created; Central Upper Nile, Northern Upper Nile, Tumbura and Maiwut.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Sudanese President creates four more states|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61403|website=www.sudantribune.com|date=12 August 2017 |publisher=Sudan Tribune|access-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918153344/http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article61403|archive-date=18 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Jan2017 South Sudan|url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch/database?location%5B%5D=13&date_range=last_12_months&from_month=01&from_year=2017&to_month=01&to_year=2017|website=International Crisis Group|access-date=6 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905184735/https://www.crisisgroup.org/crisiswatch/database?location%5B%5D=13&date_range=last_12_months&from_month=01&from_year=2017&to_month=01&to_year=2017|archive-date=5 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>