Twic County

Twic is also known as Twic Mayardit. Twic community played an important role in the liberation of South Sudan. Kerubino Kuanyin Bol was one of the founders of SPLM/SPLA (now Sudan People's Liberation Movement and South Sudan People's Defence Forces). Bol fired the first rebellious shot when the imposition of Islamic Sharia law in September 1983 triggered a second round of civil warfare in the undeveloped, largely animist and Christian southern regions of the Republic of Sudan.^[2]

The main livelihood of the population of Twic County is farming, livestock rearing, and fishing. There is also a commercial trade.^[3]

According to the 2008 census, the total population of Twic was 204,905 in 2008. ^[4]

Twic County comprises six Payams including Akoc, Ajak Kuac, Aweng, Pan-Nyok, Turalei, and Wunrok. The County administration is located in Turalei Payam. ^[5]

• Kerubino Kuanyin Bol, SPLM/A founder and general
• Dominic Dim Deng, military veteran general and was the first defence minister
• Bona Malwal, journalist and politician
• Manute Bol, former NBA player