Teso sub-region (previously known as Teso District) is a sub-region in
Eastern Region, Uganda
The Eastern region is one of four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census
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that consists of:
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Amuria District
Amuria District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Amuria is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Amuria District is bordered by Otuke District to the north, Napak District to the northeast, Katakwi District to ...
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Bukedea District
Bukedea District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Bukedea is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Bukedea District is bordered by Kumi District to the west and north, Bulambuli District to the east, Sironko D ...
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Kaberamaido District
Kaberamaido is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kaberamaido, where the district headquarters are located.
Location
Kaberamaido District lies approximately between Latitudes:1.55 ...
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Kapelebyong District
Kapelebyong District is a district in Eastern Uganda
The Eastern region is one of four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was .
Districts
, the Eastern Region contained 32 districts
A ...
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Katakwi District
Katakwi District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Katakwi is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Katakwi District is bordered by Napak District to the north, Nakapiripirit District to the east, Kumi Distri ...
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Kumi District
Kumi District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Kumi hosts the district headquarters.
Location
Kumi District is bordered by Katakwi District to the north, Nakapiripirit District to the northeast, Bukedea District to th ...
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Ngora District
Ngora District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The town of Ngora is the site of the district headquarters.
Location
Ngora District is bordered by Soroti District to the northwest, Katakwi District to the northeast, Kumi District ...
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Serere District
Serere District is a district in Eastern Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town', Serere, where the district headquarters are located.
Location
Serere District is bordered by Soroti District to the north, Ngora District to the east, Pallisa ...
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Soroti District
Soroti District is a district in Eastern Uganda. It is named after its chief municipal, administrative and commercial headquarters, Soroti, where the district headquarters are located.
Location
Soroti District is bordered by Amuria District to th ...
The sub-region covers an area of 13,030.6 km and is home to an estimated 2.5 million people of
Iteso
The Iteso (or people of Teso) are a Nilotic ethnic group in eastern Uganda and western Kenya. Teso refers to the traditional homeland of the Iteso, and ''Ateso'' is their language.
History Origins
The exact origins of the Iteso remain uncl ...
and
Kumam
The Kumam are a Nilo-Hamitic ethnic group of about 349,000 living mainly in the western areas of Teso sub-region and the south-east of Lango sub-region. The Kumam are an ethnic group of people found in Kaberamaido district, district in Eastern Ug ...
ethnicity.
Uganda Population Size and Ethnic Proportions
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Politically, Pallisa District
Pallisa District is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Pallisa, where the district headquarters are located.
Location
Pallisa District is bordered to the north by (from west to east ...
does not belong to Teso Sub-region although Iteso tribes populate larger parts of this district.
References
The Iteso tribes have extended to occupy parts of Tororo district in Uganda and across to the neighbouring country of Kenya in the East.
Sub-regions of Uganda
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