evidence: - The territory of the Republic of South Sudan comprises: [...] Accession of territory the Abyei Area, the territory of the nine Ngok Dinka chiefdoms transferred from Bahr el Ghazal Province to Kordofan Province in 1905 as defined by the Abyei Arbitration Tribunal Award of July 2009 in the event that the resolution of the final status of the Abyei Area results in the Area becoming part of the Republic of South Sudan. [...] CHAPTER I. STATES OF SOUTH SUDAN 162. General Provisions - The territory of South Sudan is composed of ten states governed on the basis of decentralization.