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Masindi District is a district in Western Uganda . Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town' of Masindi , the location of the district headquarters.

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22-428: Masindi District is bordered by Nwoya District to the north, Kiryandongo District to the east, Nakasongola District and Nakaseke District to the southeast, Kyankwanzi District to the south, Hoima District to the southwest and Bulisa District to the northwest. Masindi , the 'chief town' of the district is located approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi) west of Uganda 's capital Kampala . The coordinates of

44-482: A Scandinavian foreign aid provider. The city is served by Gulu Airport , which has a tarmac runway that measures 10,314 feet (3,144 m). Gulu Airport is the second biggest airport in Uganda after Entebbe International Airport . Gulu has a station on the metre gauge railway that connects Tororo and Pakwach , which had been out of service since 1993. Rift Valley Railways funded the clearing of vegetation and

66-835: A campus in Gulu. Gulu also hosts University of the Sacred Heart Gulu , a private university affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu . There are three hospitals in the city: St. Mary's Hospital Lacor , the Gulu Regional Referral Hospital , and Gulu Independent Hospital. There is also a center for non-medical integrative therapies, Thrive-Gulu, founded by Boston-based professor Judy Dushku and her husband Jim Coleman, and part-funded by Eliza Dushku . It has received funding support from Irish aid agency Trocaire and

88-745: A diverse ethnic composition of 55 tribes, with the dominant tribes, the Banyoro and the Bagungu , forming about 59.9% of the population. The Alur , the Jonam and the Aringa form 5.3%. The Baruli form 4.5%. People from Rwanda , Kenya , South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have also settled permanently in the district. The average household size is about 4.86 persons, lower than

110-473: Is 333 kilometres (207 mi) by road. Gulu is served by Gulu Airport . During the British Bagool rule in the 18th and 19th centuries, northern Uganda was less developed compared to the rest of the country. The people were conscripted into the army and the police, with many sent to fight in the first and second World Wars . In the 1960s, many Sudanese, Rwandan, and Congolese refugees settled in

132-542: Is a district in Northern Uganda . Like most districts in Uganda , it is named after its main municipal, administrative and commercial center, Nwoya , the location of the district headquarters. Nwoya District is bordered by Amuru District to the north, Gulu District to the north-east, Oyam District to the east, Kiryandongo District to the south-east, Masindi District to the south, and Buliisa District to

154-680: Is one of the three public universities in the Northern Region, the others being Muni University in Arua and Lira University in Lira . Gulu University is the parent institution of the Gulu University School of Medicine , one of the nine accredited medical schools in Uganda as of February 2015. The Uganda Management Institute , a government-owned tertiary teaching and research institution in management and administration, has

176-416: Is open water. Approximately 196.3 square kilometres (75.8 sq mi) (2.1%) of the district are permanent wetlands. The region of the country in which the district is located is comparatively dry, but is fertile enough to support a predominantly agriculturalist population. Most of the district residents are both poor and rural. The district, as configured currently, had population of about 129,700 during

198-401: The 1991 national population census. Eleven years later, during the national census of 2002, the population had increased to about 208,420. At that time, 50.1% of the population were males and 49.9% were females. The annual population growth rate in the district at that time was 5.1%. During 2012, the mid-year population of the district was estimated at approximately 352,400. Masindi District has

220-864: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . There are also Muslim mosques. With loans obtained from the World Bank and KfW , the government of Uganda in 2020, completed Phase I of the Gulu Water Supply and Sanitation Project. The project required USh82.3 billion (US$ 22+ million) to be implemented. With the improvements, Gulu City has storage capacity of 42,000,000 cubic metres (1.1 × 10  US gal) of potable water . In addition, at least 42 public toilets have been built, capable of accommodating 250 people simultaneously. A new sewage sludge treatment plant in Cubu has been constructed. Phase II of

242-598: The Genocide in Northern Uganda , called these camps " concentration camps " and demanded their immediate closure. At one time, an estimated two million people lived in these camps. In April 2009, all the IDP camps were closed and the people were allowed to return to their villages. By July 2009, an estimated 1,452,000 people (80.7 percent of those living in the camps) had voluntarily left the camps to return home. Since

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264-544: The city. The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) under the leadership of Joseph Kony sprang up in the 1990s after Auma/Lakwena went to Kenya. The LRA became increasingly violent in Gulu and surrounding communities. Up to 15,000 children, known as "night commuters", were fleeing into the city for safety every evening. In 1996, the Ugandan government ordered all civilians in northern Uganda to relocate to internally displaced person (IDP) camps. Several organizations, such as Stop

286-418: The district are: 01 41N, 31 44E. Masindi District comprises a total area of 9,326 square kilometres (3,601 sq mi), of which 8,087 square kilometres (3,122 sq mi) (86.7%) is land, 2,843 square kilometres (1,098 sq mi) (30.5%) national wild reserve area, 1,031 square kilometres (398 sq mi) (11.1%) is national forest reserve and 799.6 square kilometres (308.7 sq mi)

308-661: The district. Tourism is also increasing with a steady stream of visitors to Murchison Falls National Park . 73.1% of the population in the district are engaged in smallholder agricultural activities. About 6.2% of the total farmland is under large scale commercial farming. The district is the leading producer of maize in the region. In Uganda, only Iganga District and Kapchorwa District produce more maize than Masindi District. The following points of interest are found in Masindi District: Nwoya District Nwoya District

330-483: The main economic activity in the district. More recently, crude oil deposits have been found and commercial extraction is being planned. Gulu Gulu is a city in the Northern Region of Uganda . It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District . The coordinates of the city of Gulu are 2°46'54.0"N 32°17'57.0"E. The city's distance from Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city,

352-439: The mid-year population at 154,300. The 2014 population census put the population at 152,276. In 2020, the mid-year population of Gulu City was projected by city division as follows: Bar Dege (47,700), Laroo (32,300), Layibi (43,900) and Pece (53,500), for a total of 177,400. Gulu is the home of Gulu University , which has a wide range of programs including agriculture, medicine, business management, and conflict resolution. It

374-504: The newest districts in Uganda. It was established by an Act of Parliament and began functioning on 1 July 2010. Prior to that date, it was part of Amuru District . The district is part of the Acholi sub-region. In 1991, the district population was estimated at 37,900. In 2002, the population was recorded at 41,010. In 2012, the mid-year population was estimated at 54,000. Prior to 2013, subsistence agriculture and livestock husbandry were

396-479: The project involves establishment of a drinking water intake plant, upstream of Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station , with pumping capacity of 10,000 cubic metres (2,600,000 US gal) daily. This new potable water source will supply 341,000 people in Gulu and neighboring communities. It also includes the expansion of safe sanitation services to 170,000 new customers. KfW and the CDC Group are expected to fund

418-412: The regional average of 5.2. The population is predominantly rural, with only 5.43% of the residents living in urban areas. Agriculture is the main economic activity in the district. Crops grown include: Fishing is practiced in the rivers and on Lake Albert . Fish farming is an important economic activity with over 250 ponds in the district. Bee keeping for honey production is an increasing practice in

440-880: The repair of infrastructure, thus allowing the first commercial train for 20 years to run through Gulu on 14 September 2013. The home venue for Gulu United FC is Pece War Memorial Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,000 people. The stadium was built by the British in 1959, with long-delayed renovations starting in April 2017. Predominant among the places of worship are Christian facilities for communities including the: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu ( Catholic Church ), Eastern Orthodox Diocese of Gulu ( Patriarchate of Alexandria ), Church of Uganda ( Anglican Communion ), Presbyterian Church in Uganda ( World Communion of Reformed Churches ), Baptist Union of Uganda ( Baptist World Alliance ), Watoto Church , Assemblies of God , and

462-407: The south-west. Nwoya , the main political, administrative and commercial center in the district, is approximately 44 kilometres (27 mi) south-west of the city of Gulu , the largest metropolitan area in the sub-region . This location is approximately 330 kilometres (210 mi), by road, north of the city of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area. Nwoya District is one of

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484-518: The spring of 2007, there has been relative peace in the region as the LRA became a much less significant threat. Gulu's climate is tropical wet and dry (Aw) according to the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system . The national census in 2002 estimated Gulu's population at 119,430. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 149,900 in 2010. In 2011, UBOS estimated

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