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After South Sudan was divided into 28 federated states in 2015, the newly constituted Wau State was divided into 8 counties. Each county also received a county commissioner. Later Wau State announced an additional three counties by the
Council of States of South Sudan, adding the total number to 11.
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issued a decree establishing 28 states in place of the 10 constitutionally established states. 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
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militias in 2016, however, Waya was replaced by Andrea Mayar Achor on the orders of
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in the state, and it is the second largest city in the country with an estimated population of 151,320 people in 2008. Wau, South Sudan has its
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parliament for approval as a constitutional amendment. In
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was appointed as the governor for the state on 24 December 2015. After the outbreak of
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