[2] The area encompassed by the former county of Twic East was former colonial Twi Dinka district.

[3] Twic East County was home to the Twic community and it was nicknamed after a founding ancestor named Atwï or Atwïc Ariɛm [Pronounce: Twïny Ariɛm].

According to the Twic origin myth, their ancestors came from Patunduu' or Patundur, which lay to the west of Paliau, where Atwic and his brother, Yieu, lived.

After Atwic's departure, Patundur suffered an eight-year drought, which only ended when Yiëu asked his brother to return.

[4][note 2] Similar to other places in South Sudan, Twic East receives humanitarian aid due to droughts that stop agriculture.