title: Wanyjok, South Sudan
text: # Wanyjok, South Sudan
  
  Wanjok (also known as Wanyjok) is a town in the Aweil East County, Republic of South Sudan.
  
  ## History
  
  Formerly Wanyjok was the state of Northern Bahr El Gazhel. It became the capital of the new state, Aweil East, when the president Salva Kiir created new states in South Sudan.
  
  ## Educational people
  
  The following people are the most regarded in the state:
  
  * Madut Aluk
  
  ## Military people
  
  * Paul Malong Awan
  