Adjumani is a town in the Northern Region of

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. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial centre of Adjumani District. The district is named after the town.

Location

Adjumani is located in the

West Nile sub-region West Nile sub-region, previously known as West Nile Province and West Nile District, is a sub-region in north-western Uganda, in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location The sub-region is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the s ...

, approximately , by road, northeast of

Arua Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location Arua is approximately , by road, north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west of Gulu, the ...

, the largest city in the sub-region. Adjumani is located approximately , northwest of

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 distance from Gulu to Kampala, Uganda's capital and large ...

, the largest city in Uganda's Northern Region. This is approximately , north-northwest 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. The coordinates of the town are 3°22'38.0"N, 31°47'26.0"E (Latitude:3.377222; Longitude:31.790556). Adjumani Town Council sits at an average elevation of , above

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Population

The 1991 national population census enumerated the population of the town at 2,108. In 2002, the census that year put the town's population at 19,876. The national census and household survey of 2014 enumerated the people in the town at 35,433 inhabitants. In 2015,

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(UBOS) estimated the population of Adjumani Town Council at 35,600 people. In 2020, the population agency put the town's population of the town at 37,100; of whom 19,400 (52.3 percent) were female and 17,700 (47.7 percent) were male. UBOS calculated that the population of the town increased at an average rate of 0.83 percent, annually, between 2015 and 2020. Adjumani is also home to more than 200,000 refugees and asylum seekers from eight African countries, though the vast majority are from nearby South Sudan, making it host to the largest refugee population in the country.

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest lie within town or close to its borders: (a) the offices of Adjumani Town Council (b) the headquarters of Adjumani District Administration (c)

Adjumani General Hospital Adjumani General Hospital, also Adjumani Hospital, is a hospital in Adjumani Town, Adjumani District, in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is a public hospital, owned by the Ugandan Government and is administered by the Uganda Ministry of Hea ...

, a 100-bed public hospital administered by the

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and (d)

Adjumani Airport Adjumani Airport is an airport that serves the town of Adjumani in the Northern Region of Uganda, close to the international border with South Sudan. It is approximately by air north of Entebbe International Airport, the country's largest civi ...

, a civilian airdrome administered by the

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Notable people

Dominica Dipio Dominica or Dominic Dipio (professionally referred to as Professor Sister Dominic Dipio) is a Ugandan religious sister, a filmmaker, author and a professor of Literature and Film at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. As a sister, she belongs ...

, a Ugandan religious sister, filmmaker, author and professor

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