The Western Region of Uganda is one of four

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in the country 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 ...

. As of Uganda's 2014

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, the Western region's population was .

Districts

As of 2010, the Western Region contained 26

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Geography

The Western Region borders with the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

in the west and the Northern tip of

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as well as Tansania in the South. It is home to the

Songora people The Songora or Shongora (''pl.'' Basongora, ''sing.'' Musongora) also known as "Bacwezi", "Chwezi", ''Huma'' or "Bahuma") are a traditionally pastoralist people of the Great Lakes region of Central Africa located in Western Region, Uganda and Ea ...

External links

Google Map of the Western Region of Uganda

References

{{Districts of Uganda Regions of Uganda