Patongo is a town in
Agago District
The Agago District is a Ugandan district located in the Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Region of Uganda.
Location
Agago District is bordered by Kitgum District to the north, Kotido District to the northeast, Abim District to the east, Otuke ...
, Acholi sub-region in the
Northern Region of
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It 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 ...
. The town is administered by Patongo Town Council.
Location
Patongo is approximately , by road, south of
Agago, the site of the district headquarters. The coordinates of the town are 2°45'36.0"N, 33°18'36.0"E (Latitude:2.7600; Longitude:33.3100). Patongo lies at an average elevation of , above sea level.
Overview
The town of Patongo was formed during the 2000s along with
Pader and
Pader District
Pader District is a Districts of Uganda, district in Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Uganda. It is named after Pader, Uganda, Pader, the chief municipal, administrative and commercial town in the district, where the district headquarters are lo ...
. Initially the location of a large camp for
internally displaced people
An internally displaced person (IDP) is someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the legal definitions of a refugee.
I ...
as a result of the
Lord's Resistance Army insurgency
The Lord's Resistance Army insurgency is an ongoing conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a Ugandan militant religious extremist group, against the government of Uganda. Following the War in Uganda (1986–1994), Ugandan Civil War, ...
, Patongo was granted town council status by the
Ugandan parliament effective July 2010. In 2010, when Pader District was divided to create Agago District, Patongo went with Agago District.
Points of interest
The following additional points of interest are located within or near the town of Patongo:
* Patongo central market
*
Kilak-
Moroto road, going through the middle of town
* offices of Paorinher Orphanage, a non-governmental organization
* Gwoke Keni, an HIV/AIDS support group that hosts its own RootIO radio station on 103.8FM.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Uganda
This is a list of cities and towns in Uganda: The population data are for 2014, except where otherwise indicated. The references from which the estimated populations are sourced are listed in each article for the cities and towns where the ...
References
External links
Myths And Facts About Northern Uganda - 21 April 2006
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Agago District
Populated places in Northern Region, Uganda
Cities in the Great Rift Valley