Gulu is a

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in the Northern Region of

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. The regional headquarters are located in the city 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 ...

, which is also the administrative capital of

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The city consist of two main divisions... Gulu west and Gulu east.

Location

Gulu District is bordered by

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to the north,

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and

Omoro District Omoro District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location Omoro District is bordered by Gulu District to the north, Pader District to the east, Oyam District to the south and Nwoya District to the west. The town of Palenga, whe ...

to the east,

Oyam District Oyam District is a district in Northern Uganda. Like most Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Oyam, where the district headquarters are located. Location Oyam District is bordered by Gulu District to the north, Pader District ...

to the south,

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to the southwest, and

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to the west. The district headquarters in the city of Gulu are approximately , by road, north of Uganda's capital city,

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 coordinates of the district are, near the city of Gulu are:02°49'50.0"N, 32°19'13.0"E (Latitude:2.830556; Longitude:32.320278).

Overview

As of November 2019, the district was one of the eight districts that constituted the

Acholi sub-region The Acholi people (also spelled Acoli) are a Nilotic ethnic group of Luo peoples (also spelled Lwo), found in Magwi County in South Sudan and Northern Uganda (an area commonly referred to as Acholiland), including the districts of Agago, Amu ...

, the historical homeland of the Acholi ethnic group. The district is composed of Aswa County and the Gulu Municipal Council. The economic activity of 90 per cent of the population in the district is

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...

. The district has been the location of much of the fighting between the Ugandan army and the

Lord's Resistance Army The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a rebel group and heterodox Christian group which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Co ...

. Over 90 percent of the population has returned to their villages after more than two decades of living in what were known as "Internally Displaced People Camps".

Population

The national census conducted in 2002 put the population at 193,337. In the 2014 national census and household survey, the population of Gulu District was enumerated at 275,613.

Notable people

The district is the birthplace of the poet and writer Okot p'Bitek; former UNLA top military officer Brigadier George William Nyero.

References

External links

Website of Gulu District
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