Kodok or Kothok (Arabic: كودوك‎), formerly known as Fashoda, is a town in the north-eastern South Sudanese state of Upper Nile. Kodok is the capital of Shilluk country, formally known as the Shilluk Kingdom. Shilluk has been an independent kingdom for more than sixteen centuries. Fashoda is known as the place where the British and French nearly went to war in 1898.According to Shilluk belief, religion, tradition and constitution, Fashoda serves as the mediating city for the Shilluk King.