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Tooro (other)
Tooro may refer to: * Tooro Kingdom, a traditional kingdom of Uganda * Tooro language, or Rutooro, a Bantu language of Uganda * Tooro people, or Batooro, a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom See also * Futa Tooro Futa Toro ( Wolof and , , ; ), often simply the Futa, is a semidesert region around the middle run of the Senegal River. This region, along the border of Senegal and Mauritania, is historically significant as the center of several Fulani states, ...
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Tooro Kingdom
The Tooro Kingdom is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Tooro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro, Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just three years, after the death of his father Olimi III of Tooro, Omukama Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Rwamuhokya Olimi III on August 26, 1995, at the age of 50. The people native to the kingdom are the Tooro people, Batooro, and their language is likewise called Rutooro. The Batooro and Banyoro speak closely related languages, Rutooro and Runyoro, and share many other similar cultural traits. The Batooro live on Uganda's western border, south of Lake Albert. History The Tooro Kingdom evolved out of a breakaway segment of Bunyoro sometime before the nineteenth century. It was founded in 1830 when Omukama of Tooro, Omukama Olimi I of Tooro, Kaboyo Olimi I, the eldest son of Om ...
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Tooro Language
Tooro may refer to: * Tooro Kingdom, a traditional kingdom of Uganda * Tooro language, or Rutooro, a Bantu language of Uganda * Tooro people, or Batooro, a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom See also * Futa Tooro, a region in western Africa {{Disambiguation ...
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Tooro People
The Tooro people (; , ), also known as Batooro or Toro people are a Bantu ethnic group, native to the Tooro Kingdom, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda. Religion According to the 2002 Census of Uganda 48.8% of Batoro are Roman Catholic, 30.8% are Anglican (Church of Uganda), 7.3% follow other religions and 5.4% are Muslim and 5.2% are Pentecostal. Population the following administrative districts constitute the Tooro Kingdom: (a) Kabarole District (b) Kamwenge District (c) Kyegegwa District and (d) Kyenjojo District. Those four districts had a combined total population of about 1 million people, according to the 2002 national population census. Clans Tooro people are divided into individual clans, and most Tooro clans have a totem which spiritually represents them. Culture Since Fort Portal Tourism city is the headquarter of Tooro Kingdom, the area has two inscribed elements of Empaako and Koogere oral traditions on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultur ...
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