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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Ayod |other_name = |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = South Sudan |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_map_caption = Location in South Sudan  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px South Sudan |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Jonglei |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Ayod County |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 = |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  |timezone = CAT |utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|8.130949|N|31.41047|E|region:SS|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = BSh |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Ayod''' is a town in Jonglei,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article59392|title=SPLA-IO accused of killing civilians in Ayod|work=Sudan Tribune|date=22 June 2016|accessdate=14 August 2016}}</ref> South Sudan, headquarters of Ayod County. The Nuer people are the main inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unhcr-south-sudan.org/villages/Village%20Assessment/Jonglei/Ayod/Green%20Village%2009012008.pdf |title=Ayod – Ayod – Kalibalek |publisher=United Nations High Commission for Refugees |date=9 January 2008 |accessdate=5 August 2011}}{{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref> Riek Machar, first vice-president of South Sudan, is the 26th son of the chief of both Ayod and Leer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-SPLM-leadership-Bio-data-and,13221 |work=Sudan Tribune |title=Sudan SPLM leadership Bio-data and profiled |last=Manyang |first=Mayom |date=25 December 2005 |accessdate=5 August 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110729044838/http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-SPLM-leadership-Bio-data-and%2C13221 |archivedate=29 July 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>

A study of the village in December 1994 examined 759 people and found that 156, or 20.6%, had Guinea worm lesions. Dracunculiasis, the parasitical infection by the Guinea worm, is caused by drinking contaminated water, and can be eliminated by providing a clean water supply.<ref>{{cite journal |pmid=8673816 |journal=Trop Med Int Health |date=February 1996 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=117–23 |title=Guinea worm disease in Ayod, Upper Nile Province, southern Sudan: a cross-sectional study |vauthors=Guthmann JP, Mercer AJ, Gandubert C, Morin F }}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Jonglei State