Official Name: | Gogrial |
Other Name: | Gakrial |
Nickname: | Pana Akuoldit |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | South Sudan |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in South Sudan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Bahr el Ghazal |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Warrap State |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Gogrial West County |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2011 Estimate |
Population Total: | 44600 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | CAT |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 8.53°N 28.1°W |
Elevation M: | 397 |
Gogrial (also rendered and romanized in Arabic as Qaqriyal) is a town in South Sudan.
Gogrial is located in the Gogrial West County of Warrap State, in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan,[1] close to the borders with the Republic of Sudan and the Abyei region. This location lies approximately 700km (400miles), by road, northwest of Juba, the capital and largest city in that country.[2]
Gogrial, like most South Sudanese towns, sits on a riverbank. The Jur River flows north, then turns east, about 5km (03miles) to the east of the central business district of the town. This town is one of two places where former NBA player Manute Bol was reported to have been born, with some reports saying he was actually born in Turalei, where his remains were buried.[3]
, the exact population of Gogrial is not known. However, it is estimated that the human population within a radius of 7km (04miles), from the center of town, is approximately 44,600.[4]
The points of interest in or near the town of Gogrial include the following: