Nakasongola District is a
district
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...
in the
Central Region of
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...
. The town of
Nakasongola is the site of the district's administrative headquarters.
Location
Nakasongola District is bordered by
Apac District to the north-west,
Amolatar District
Amolatar District is a district in Northern Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal and administrative centre, Amolatar Town.
Location
Amolatar District is bordered by Apac District to the north, Dokolo Di ...
to the north-east,
Kayunga District
Kayunga District is a district in Central Uganda. It is named after its chief town, Kayunga.
Geography
Kayunga District is bordered by Amolatar District to the north, Buyende District to the northeast, Kamuli District to the east, Jinja Distri ...
to the east,
Luweero District
Luweero District (also spelled as Luwero) is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. Luweero is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Luweero District is bordered by Nakasongola District to the north, Kayunga District to the eas ...
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, is approximately , by road, north of
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...
, the capital and largest city of Uganda.
Overview
Nakasongola District was created in 1997. Before that, it was part of Luweero District. The commission of inquiry into the local government system in 1987 recognized that Nakasongola was too far away from the administrative center of
Luweero
Luweero is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Luweero District.
History
In 1982, in the Ugandan Civil War, Milton Obote's soldiers raided their village, from Kampala.
Loca ...
to be administered directly from there. Nakasongola suffered from relative neglect due to the distance from the then district headquarters. This became the basis for the creation of Nakasongola District in 1997. The district covers ,
of which 4.6% is permanent wetland.
The district is composed of three counties, namely:
* Kyabujingo County
*
Buruuli County
* Budyebo County
Population
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, the population of the district was estimated at 156,500.
See also
*
Districts of Uganda
References
External links
Nakasongola District Creates New CountiesTourism Potential of Nakasongola District
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Central Region, Uganda
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