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Toro sub-region is a region in
Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The ...
that is coterminous with
Toro Kingdom Tooro is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Toro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just three ...
in Western Uganda. The districts that constitute the sub-region include the following: * Bunyangabu District * Kabarole District * Kamwenge District *
Kyegegwa District Kyegegwa District is a district in Western Region of Uganda. The town of Kyegegwa hosts the district headquarters. Location Kyegegwa District is bordered by Kibaale District to the north, Mubende District to the east, Kiruhura District to th ...
* Kyenjojo District *
Kitagwenda District Kitagwenda District is a district in Western Uganda. The district is named after ''Kitagwenda County'', which is coterminous with the district. Kitagwenda District is part of the Kingdom of Toro, one of the ancient traditional monarchies in ...
Prior to 1967, the sub-region also included: * Bundibugyo District * Kasese District * Ntoroko District In 1967, Milton Obote abolished the Uganda traditional monarchies. When
Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then ...
restored them in 1993, the sub-region had shrunk to its present size after Obudhingiya bwa Bwamba in Bundibugyo district and Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu in Kasese district became independent. The sub-region was home to an estimated 1 million people in 2002, according to the national census conducted that year.


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Sub-regions of Uganda {{Uganda-geo-stub