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The Republic of Uganda (pronounced /juːˈɡændə/ or /juːˈɡɑːndə/) is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the...
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Mbale District

Mbale District is a district in eastern Uganda. It is named after the largest city in the district, Mbale, which also the main administrative and commercial center in the sub-region. Mbale District is bordered by Tororo District in the south,...

Gulu District

Gulu District is a district in northern Uganda, taking its name from its commercial centre, the town of Gulu. It is one of three districts forming the historical homeland of the Acholi ethnic group, also known as Acholiland. It lies 332 km north of...

Kitgum District

Kitgum District is a district in northern Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town' of Kitgum, where the district headquarters is located. Kitgum District is bordered by Southern Sudan to the north, Kaabong District to the east, Kotido District to...

Pader District

Pader District is a district in northern Uganda. It is named after Pader, the chief political, administrative and commercial town in the district. Pader District is bordered by Kitgum District to the north, Kotido District to the northeast, Abim...

Masaka District

Masaka District is a district in central Uganda. Its main town is Masaka, whose estimated population in 2008 was 71,700. The district is bordered by Sembabule District in the northwest, Mpigi District in the north, Rakai District in the west and...

Kabarole District

Kabarole District is a district in western Uganda. Kabarole District is part of the Kingdom of Toro, one of the traditional monarchies that are constitutionally recognised in modern-day Uganda. The districts that constitute the Kingdom of Toro are:...

Ntungamo District

Ntungamo District is a district in southwestern Uganda. Like most Uganda districts, it named after its 'chief town', Ntungamo. In the past, Ntungamo District, together with the districts of Isingiro, Mbarara, Kiruhura, Ibanda and Bushenyi were parts...

Kalangala District

Kalangala is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kalangala which is located on Bugala Island, the largest of the Ssese Islands of Lake Victoria. Kalangala District is bordered by Mpigi...

Kayunga District

Kayunga District is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kayunga. Kayunga District was carved off from Mukono District in December 2000. The district consists of two counties, Ntenjeru and...

Kiboga District

Kiboga District is a district in central Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, the district is named after its 'chief town', Kiboga. Kiboga District is bordered by Hoima District to the northwest, Masindi District to the north, Nakaseke...

Luwero District

Luweero District (sometimes spelled Luwero) is a district in central Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Luweero. The correct phonetic spelling is with two "e"s. However, literature exists where it...

Mpigi District

Mpigi District is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mpigi. The district headquarters are located in the town of Mpigi, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of the capital city,...

Mubende District

Mubende is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mubende. Mubende District was reduced in size in July 2005 with the creation of the new District of Mityana. Mubende District is bordered by...

Mukono District

Mukono District is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town' - Mukono. Mukono District is bordered by Jinja District and Jinja Municipality and Mayuge District to the east, the Republic of...

Nakasongola District

Nakasongola District is a district in central Uganda created in 1997. The district is named after its 'chief town' of Nakasongola. Nakasongola District is bordered by Apac District to the north, Masindi District to the west, Luwero District to the...

Rakai District

Rakai District is a district in south-central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Rakai. Rakai District borders Kagera Region in Tanzania to the south, Kalangala District, Masaka District and Sembabule District...

Sembabule District

Sembambule District is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Sembabule, where the district headquarters are located. Sembabule District is bordered by Mubende District to the north, Mpigi...

Wakiso District

Wakiso District is a district in Uganda that encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The district is named after the town of Wakiso, where the district headquarters are located. Wakiso District lies in the central region of the country, bordering...

Bugiri District

Bugiri District is a district in eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Bugiri, where the district headquarters are located. Bugiri District is bordered by Namutumba District and Butaleja District to...

Busia District

Busia District, Uganda is a district in eastern Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main town Busia, Uganda. Prior to March 20, 1997, the district was Busia County in Tororo District. The distance from the farthest parts...

Iganga District

Iganga District is a district in eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Iganga, where the district headquarters are located. Iganga District is bordered by Kaliro District to the north, Namutumba...

Kaberamaido District

Kaberamaido is a district in eastern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kaberamaido. Kaberamaido District lies approximately between Latitudes:1.5500 to 2.3834 and Longitudes:30.0167 to 34.3000. The average...

Adjumani District

Adjumani District is a district in northern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Adjumani, where the district headquarters are located. Adjumani District is bordered by Moyo District to the north, Southern Sudan...

Bundibugyo District

Bundibugyo District is a district in western Uganda, bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Bundibugyo, where the district headquarters are located. Bundibugyo District is...

Apac District

Apac District is a district in northern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Apac, where the district headquarters are located. It was the location of the infamous Aboke abductions by the Lord's Resistance...

Arua District

Arua District is a district in northwestern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it shares its name with its administrative center of Arua. Located in a corner of the country that borders both Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a...

Kotido District

Kotido District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. Its named after it's 'chief town', Kotido, where the district headquarters are located. Kotido District is bordered by Kaabong District to the north, Moroto District to the east and...

Moroto District

Moroto District is a district in northeastern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Moroto, where the district headquarters are located. Moroto District is bordered to the north by Abim District, Kotido District...

Moyo District

Moyo District is a district in northern Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Moyo, where the district headquarters are located. Moyo District is bordered by Southern Sudan to the north, Adjumani District to...

Nakapiripirit District

Nakapiripirit District is a district in northeastern Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Nakapiripirit. The district is bordered to the south by three districts, namely; Sironko, Kapchorwa and Bukwa. The...

Nebbi District

Nebbi District is a district in north-western Uganda. It is named after its main commercial and administrative centre, Nebbi. Nebbi District is bordered by Arua District to the north, Amuru District to the east, Bulisa District to the southeast and...

Yumbe District

Yumbe District is a district in West Nile, in northern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Yumbe, where the district headquarters are located. Yumbe District is one of Uganda's most northern districts. The...

Kamuli District

Kamuli District is a district in southeastern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town'. Kamuli District is bordered by Kayunga District to the west, Kaberamaido District and Soroti District to the north, across Lake...

Kapchorwa District

Kapchorwa District is a district in eastern Uganda. It is named after Kapchorwa, the main political, administrative and commercial town in the district, where the district headquarters are located. The district is bordered by Sironko District to the...

Katakwi District

Katakwi District is a district in eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Katakwi, where the district headquarters are located. Katakwi District is bordered by Moroto District to the north and east,...

Kumi District

Kumi District is a district in eastern Uganda. The largest town in the district is Kumi, and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town. The district covers 2,820.68 square kilometres (1,089.07 sq mi). Kumi...

Mayuge District

Mayuge District is a district in eastern Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mayuge. Mayuge District is bordered by Iganga District to the north, Bugiri District to the northeast and east, the Republic of...

Rukungiri District

Rukungiri District is a district in southwestern Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town' of Rukungiri where the district headquarters are located. Rukungiri District is bordered by Bushenyi District to the north and northeast, Ntungamo District...

Pallisa District

Pallisa District is a district in eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Pallisa, where the district headquarters are located. Pallisa District is bordered by Kumi District to the north, Budaka District...

Sironko District

Sironko District is a district in eastern Uganda. The district was created in 2000 and had previously been part of Mbale district. Like most Ugandan districts, it is named after its main commercial town, Sironko. Sironko District is bordered by...

Soroti District

Soroti District is a district in eastern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Soroti. Soroti District is bordered by Kumi District to the east, Amuria District to the north, Kaberamaido District to the west,...

Tororo District

Tororo is a district in eastern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its "chief town", Tororo. Tororo District is bordered by the country of Kenya to the east, Busia District to the south, Bugiri District to the southwest, Iganga...

Bushenyi District

Bushenyi District is a district in western Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Bushenyi, where the district headquarters are located. Bushenyi District is bordered by Kasese District to the north, Kamwenge...

Hoima District

Hoima District is a district in western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima. The district of Hoima, Bulisa, Kibale and Masindi constitute the Kingdom of Bunyoro. The palace of the Omukama of...

Kabale District

Kabale District is a district in southwestern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kabale. It was originally part of the district of Kigezi, before the districts of Rukungiri, Kanungu and Kisoro were split...

Kamwenge District

Kamwenge District is a district in western Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kamwenge, where the district headquarters are located. Kamwenge District is part of the Kingdom of Toro, one of the ancient...

Kanungu District

Kanungu District is a district in western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kanungu, where the district headquarters are located. Kanungu District is bordered by Rukungiri District to the north and east,...

Kibaale District

Kibaale District, sometimes spelled as Kibale District, is a district in western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kibaale, where the district headquarters are located. Kibaale District is bordered by...

Kyenjojo

Kyenjojo is a town in western Uganda. It is the main political, administrative and commercial center of Kyenjojo District and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town. Kyenjojo is situated at the intersection...

Kampala District

Kampala District is a district in Uganda that is composed of the country's capital city, Kampala. The district is named after the city. Kampala District lies in the central region of the country, bordering with Wakiso District to the south, the west...

Jinja District

Jinja District is a district in eastern Uganda. Jinja District is bordered Kamuli District to the north, Iganga District to the east, Mayuge District to the southeast, Mukono District to the west and Kayunga District to the northwest. The district...

Lira

Lira is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial centre of Lira District. Lira was the main town of the now defunct Lango District (which corresponds geographically with the current Lango sub...

Population:

  • 104,982 ()

Masindi

Masindi is a town in northwestern Uganda, which lies on the road from Kampala to the Murchison Falls National Park. It is the 'chief town' of the Masindi District and the district headquarters are located there. Masindi is located approximately 214...

Population:

  • 32,758 ()

Mbarara

Mbarara is a city in southwestern Uganda.It is the main municipality of Mbarara District and the location of the district headquarters. It is also the largest urban centre in Western Uganda. Mbarara is located about 270 kilometres (170 mi) southwest...

Population:

  • 97,500 ()

Kisoro

Kisoro is a town in southwestern Uganda. It is the 'chief town' of the Kisoro District and the district headquarters are located there. The district was named after the town. Kisoro is located approximately 41 kilometres (25 mi), by road, west of...

Population:

  • 13,058 ()

Kasese

Kasese is a town in western Uganda, lying north of Lake George. It originally grew around the copper mine at Kilembe, while attention later turned to cobalt mining. It is the 'chief town' of Kasese District and the district headquarters are located...

Population:

  • 110,221 ()
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