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'''Duk County''' (also known as '''Duk''') is a county in Jonglei, South Sudan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://southernsudan2011.com/results/state/16|title=Referendum results: Jonglei|accessdate= 2012-01-21|work=Southern Sudan Referendum 2011}}</ref> In May 2016, it was divided into three counties which were Duk Padiet, Duk Payuel, and Panyang.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article58845|title=Jonglei state governor names 8 new counties|publisher=Sudan Tribune}}</ref> In 2017, the governor of Jonglei State added Duk Pagaak County, totaling four counties in former Duk County. However, in 2020, President Salva Kiir Mayardit reinstated the original number of states and counties, thus reunifying original Duk County.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wël |first=PaanLuel |date=2020-02-15 |title=President Kiir Reinstates 10 States, 79 Counties and Fires all 32 State Governors in South Sudan |url=https://paanluelwel.com/2020/02/15/press-release-president-kiir-reinstates-10-states-and-announces-3-administrative-areas-in-south-sudan/ |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=PaanLuel Wël Media Ltd - South Sudan |language=en-US}}</ref> In Duk County is the village of Duk Payuel, the birthplace of John Dau who is one of the "Lost Boys of Sudan."
Youth from the Hol community in Duk County were attacked by people from Twic East County in a dispute over control of an island used for fishing.<ref>https://www.radiotamazuj.org/en/news/article/renewed-fighting-over-fishing-island-contested-by-twic-east-and-duk</ref>
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Category:Counties of Jonglei State