Luweero District (also spelled as Luwero ) is a district in the Central Region of Uganda . Luweero is the site of the district headquarters.
7-459: Luweero District is bordered by Nakasongola District to the north, Kayunga District to the east, Mukono District to the southeast, Wakiso District to the south, and Nakaseke District to the west. The district headquarters at Luweero are approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi), by road, north of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the district are 00 50N, 32 30E (Latitude:0.8333; Longitude:32.500). Luweero District
14-524: Is administered by the Luweero District Administration, with headquarters at Luweero . There are several town councils within the district, each with its own urban town council: The 1991 national census estimated the population of the district at 255,400. The national census conducted in 2002 estimated the population at 341,300. In 2012, the population was estimated at 440,200. The August 2014 national population census enumerated
21-444: Is approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi), by road, north of Kampala , the capital and largest city of Uganda. Nakasongola District was created in 1997. It was previously part of Luweero District. The commission of inquiry into the local government system in 1987 recognized that Nakasongola was too far from the administrative center of Luweero to be administered directly from there. Nakasongola suffered from relative neglect due to
28-404: Is the site of the district's administrative headquarters. Nakasongola District is bordered by Apac District to the north-west, Amolatar District to the north-east, Kayunga District to the east, Luweero District to the south, Nakaseke District to the south-west, and Masindi District to the north-west. Nakasongola, the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of the district,
35-507: The distance from the then district headquarters. This became the basis for the creation of Nakasongola District in 1997. The district covers 4,909 square kilometres (1,895 sq mi), of which 4.6% is permanent wetland. The district is composed of three counties, namely: The 1991 national census put the district population at about 100,500. In 2002, the census estimated the population at 127,100 people, of whom 62,312 (49.7 percent) were female and 62,985 (50.3 percent) were male. In 2012,
42-593: The population at 458,158. Agriculture is the mainstay of the district economy. It has been estimated that 85 percent of the district population are engaged in agriculture. The following additional points of interest are located in Luweero District: Nakasongola District Nakasongola District is the northernmost district of the Central Region of Uganda . The town of Nakasongola
49-573: Was the site of a fierce insurgency by the rebel group National Resistance Army and a brutal counter-insurgency by the government of Milton Obote , known as the Luweero War or the "Bush War", that left many thousands of civilians dead during the early to mid-1980s. The area affected by the war has come to be known as the Luweero Triangle . In 2005, Nakaseke County was split from Luweero District to form Nakaseke District. Luweero District
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