# Duk County

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| subdivision_name1       = [Jonglei](/source/Jonglei)
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'''Duk County''' (also known as '''Duk''') is a [county](/source/Counties_of_South_Sudan) in [Jonglei](/source/Jonglei), [South Sudan](/source/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](/source/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](/source/John_Dau) who is one of the "[Lost Boys of Sudan](/source/Lost_Boys_of_Sudan)."

Youth from the Hol community in Duk County were attacked by people from [Twic East County](/source/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>

==References==
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Category:Counties of Jonglei State

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