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Turalei is a large town and government seat of Twic County in Warrap State in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. The town is the birthplace of many well-known basketball players such as Manute Bol and Ring Ayuel, and Liberation fighters such as Kerbino Kuanyin Bol, Martin Manyiel Ayuel, Dr Justin Yach Arop, and others.

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Sudan
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Twic County
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Turalei is a large town and government seat of Twic County in Warrap State in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. The town is the birthplace of many well-known basketball players such as Manute Bol and Ring Ayuel, and Liberation fighters such as Kerbino Kuanyin Bol, Martin Manyiel Ayuel, Dr Justin Yach Arop, and others.

==Location== Turalei is located in Warrap State. It is the gubernatorial headquarters of Twic County. Its location is in Turalei Payam in the north of South Sudan near the border with the Republic of the Sudan and the Abyei Area. This location lies about by road, northwest of Juba, the capital of and largest city in South Sudan.

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