Nwoya is a town in

Nwoya District Nwoya District is a district in Northern Uganda. Like most districts in Uganda, it is named after its main municipal, administrative and commercial center, Nwoya, the location of the district headquarters. Location Nwoya District is bordered by ...

in 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, Amuru, ...

, in the Northern Region of

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial centre of the district. Nwoya Town Council is classified as a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Location

Nwoya is on the main

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 ...

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 ...

road, approximately , by road, southwest of

, the largest city in the

. This is approximately , by road, 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 2°38'06.0"N, 32°00'00.0"E (Latitude:2.6350; Longitude:32.0000). Nwoya Town lies at an average elevation of above sea level.

Population

As of September 2021, the population, within a radius of the town centre of Nwoya Municipality is estimated at 4,295 inhabitants.

Overview

Several points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of the town, including the following: (a) the headquarters of Nwoya District Administration (b) the offices of Nwoya Town Council (c) Nwoya central market, the source of daily fresh produce and (d) the

Acholibur–Gulu–Olwiyo Road The Acholibur–Gulu–Olwiyo Road is a road in the Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Acholibur to the city of Gulu and the town of Olwiyo. Location The road starts at Acholibur, a small town on the Kitgum–Lira road, approxim ...

, arriving into town from

in a north-south direction and leaves towards

Olwiyo Olwiyo is a town in Nwoya District in the Northern Region of Uganda. Location The town is approximately , by road, southwest of Nwoya, the site of the district headquarters. The town is at the intersection of the Karuma–Pakwach road with the ...

in a northeast-southwest direction.

Challenges

Nwoya Town faces many challenges, including: (1) inadequate garbage collection and disposal (2) insufficient of public toilets downtown (3) inability to restrict roaming of domestic cows, goats, sheep, chicken and ducks (4) inadequate water supply (5) lack of public street lighting (6) inadequate security at night (7) lack of public municipal drainage (8) poor road network and (9) noise pollution.

References

External links

Nwoya District Local Government

National Population and Housing Census 2014: Area Specific Profiles: Nwoya District
at ubos.org {{Nwoya District Nwoya District Populated places in Northern Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley