Northern Liech State

{{Short description|State of South Sudan from 2015 to 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Northern Liech

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| settlement_type = State

| image_map = Northern Liech in South Sudan 2015.svg

| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption = Location of Northern Liech in South Sudan

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = South Sudan

| subdivision_type1 = Capital

| subdivision_name1 = Bentiu{{cite web|url=http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article58515|title=SPLA officer gunned down in Northern Liech state|publisher=Sudan Tribune|date=3 April 2016|accessdate=14 August 2016}}

| subdivision_type2 = Number of Counties

| subdivision_name2 = 4{{cite web|url=https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/full-list-kiirs-proposed-new-28-states-s-sudan|title=Full list of Kiir's proposed new 28 states in S Sudan|publisher=Radio Tamazuj|date=3 October 2015|accessdate=14 August 2016|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305125035/https://radiotamazuj.org/en/article/full-list-kiirs-proposed-new-28-states-s-sudan|archivedate=5 March 2016}}

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| population_as_of = 2014 Estimate

| population_total = 561240

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| leader_title = Governor

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Northern Liech was a state in South Sudan that existed between 2 October 2015 and 22 February 2020.{{cite news |last1=Mutambo |first1=Aggrey |title=S. Sudan govt agrees to reduce states to 10 to maintain peace |url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/ea/South-Sudan-number-of-states/4552908-5456652-146yscpz/index.html |accessdate=February 15, 2020 |agency=The East African}} It was located in the Greater Upper Nile region and it bordered Ruweng to the north, Western Bieh to the east, Southern Liech to the south, Tonj to the south, and Gogrial and Twic to the west.