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Atiak
Atiak is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda on the Gulu-Nimule Road, the primary trade route between Uganda and South Sudan. Location Atiak is in Kilak County the Amuru District. It is approximately , by road, north of Gulu, the largest city in the Acholi sub-region. Atiak is approximately south of the South Sudanese town of Nimule at the international border with Uganda. This is approximately , north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are 3°15'33.0"N, 32°07'23.0"E (Latitude:3.259167; Longitude:32.123056). History Atiak was the site of the 20 April 1995 Atiak massacre in which the Lord's Resistance Army executed an estimated 300 civilian men and abducted juveniles. Points of interest The following additional points of interest lie within the town or close to its borders: * offices of Atiak Town Council * Atiak central market * Gulu–Nimule Road, passing through the center of town in a general north/south direction. * Atiak–Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atiak Sugar Factory
Atiak Sugar Factory Limited (ASFL), also Atiak Sugar Factory, or Atiak Sugar Limited, is a sugar manufacturing company in Uganda. Location The company's headquarters and main factory are located in Gem Village, Pachilo Parish, Atiak sub-county, Kilak County, in Amuru District, in the Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Region of Uganda. It is approximately north of Atiak. Atiak Town is located approximately north of Gulu, the largest city in Northern Uganda. Overview The factory has the capacity to crush of raw sugar cane daily, producing of powder sugar annually. Commissioning of the factory was expected in May 2016, with first distribution of sugar planned for June 2017. The factory will employ over 1,500 people and has contracted with over 5,000 out-growers. The owners of the company have established a working relationship with ''Gulu Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited'' (GWEAL), whose objective is to develop Northern Uganda. In July 2017, the government of Uganda exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atiak–Adjumani–Moyo–Afoji Road
The Atiak–Adjumani–Moyo–Afonji Road is in the Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Atiak, Adjumani, Moyo, and Afoji at the international border with South Sudan. Location From Atiak in the Amuru District on the Gulu–Nimule Road, the road proceeds in a northwesterly direction to Adjumani, the headquarters of the Adjumani District. It then continues northwards, crossing the Albert Nile at Laropi and continuing to Moyo, the headquarters of Moyo District and on to the settlement of Afoji at the border with South Sudan. The road length measures approximately . The road crosses the Albert Nile at Umi, Adjumani District, connecting across the river to Laropi, Moyo District, via a ferry. Overview This transport corridor allows access to the country of South Sudan, through Moyo District, connecting to Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda. The gravel-surfaced road develops gullies and becomes difficult and sometimes impossible to navigate duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gulu–Nimule Road
Gulu–Nimule Road is a road in the Northern Region, Uganda, Northern Region of Uganda, connecting the city of Gulu in Gulu District and the town of Nimule in Eastern Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria State in South Sudan, just north of the international border between the two countries. The road, known as Highway A104 in Uganda, continues into South Sudan as Highway A43. Location The Gulu–Nimule Road starts at Gulu and continues north, through Pabbo, Atiak, Bibia and Elegu, before ending in Nimule at the border between Uganda and South Sudan, a distance of approximately . The coordinates of the road near Atiak in Amuru District are 3°17'02.0"N, 32°07'04.0"E (Longitude:3.283889; Latitude:32.117778). Overview Before 2009, the Gulu–Nimule Road was a gravel-surfaced, two-lane road. It is a major route of transportation between Uganda and South Sudan. During the rainy season, the road became impassable, as was the case in 2008 when rains closed it for a week. In March 2009, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atiak Massacre
The Atiak massacre occurred on April 20, 1995, when a group of estimated 300 Lord's Resistance Army soldiers led by Vincent Otti entered the northern Ugandan town of Atiak, Amuru District. After routing the UPDF and rounding up hundreds of civilians, the LRA announced, "you Acholi have refused to support us. We shall now teach you a lesson." The LRA then handpicked young boys and young girls from the rest, in order to conscript into their ranks and to use as sex slaves, and marched them into the bush. Most of the remaining 200–300 captives were executed by gunfire. The massacre scuppered the diplomatic relations between the governments of Uganda and Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ..., the LRA's primary sponsor. At the time the two had been in peace talks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lord's Resistance Army
The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) is a Christian extremist organization operating in Central Africa and East Africa. Its origins were in the War in Uganda (1986–1994), Ugandan insurgency (1986–1994) against Yoweri Museveni, during which Joseph Kony founded the LRA in 1987. The group is active in northern Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its stated goal is against internal oppression under successive regimes, notably President Museveni's. Movements like the LRA have articulated demands that include President Museveni's immediate resignation, the dissolution of the National Resistance Army (NRA) and Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), and the establishment of an independent government reflecting ethnic diversity and democratic principles. The LRA exhibits a syncretic blend of Christianity, traditional African spiritualism, and other religious elements. This complex combination reflects influences from Acholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Uganda National Roads Authority
The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) was a government agency mandated to develop and maintain the national roads network, advise the government on general roads policy, contribute to the addressing of national transport concerns, and perform certain other functions. UNRA is charged with, among other things, the selection of contractors, the supervision of construction, the scheduling of maintenance, and the prioritization of national road works. Headquarters The headquarters of UNRA were located in the UAP Nakawa Business Park, at 3-5 New Port Bell Road, in the Nakawa Division of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The geographical coordinates of UNRA's headquarters are:0°19'40.0"N, 32°36'46.0"E (Longitude:0.327778; Latitude:32.612778). Overview UNRA was established in 2006 by parliamentary enactment of the Uganda National Roads Authority Act. UNRA became fully operational on 1 July 2008. UNRA closed on 23 December 2024 after president museveni signed the Repeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It 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 southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. , it has a population of 49.3 million, of whom 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda, Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south, including Kampala, and whose language Luganda is widely spoken; the official language is English. The region was populated by various ethnic groups, before Bantu and Nilotic groups arrived around 3,000 years ago. These groups established influential kingdoms such as the Empire of Kitara. The arrival of Arab trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Regions Of Uganda
The regions of Uganda are known as Central Region, Uganda, Central, Western Region, Uganda, Western, Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern, and Northern Region, Uganda, Northern. These four regions are in turn divided into Districts of Uganda, districts. There were 56 districts in 2002, which expanded into 111 districts plus one city (Kampala) by 2010. The national government interacts directly with the districts, so regions do not have any definite role in administration. Under British rule before 1962, the regions were functional administrative units and were called provinces, headed by a Provincial Commissioner. The central region is the kingdom of Buganda, which then had a semi-autonomous government headed by the Kabaka (king). The equivalent of the Provincial Commissioner for Buganda was called the Resident.Uganda Protectorate annual report, Government Printer, Entebbe, 1959 At Uganda's 2002 census, the Central region (It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda, one of the an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Roads In Uganda
The following is a list of the national roads in Uganda, which are under the jurisdiction of the Uganda National Roads Authority. The list is not exhaustive. National roads See also * Economy of Uganda * Transport in Uganda * Kinshasa Highway References {{reflist, 2 External linksUNRA, World Bank in talks to resume road funding * Roads
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List Of Cities And Towns In Uganda
This is a list of cities and towns in Uganda: The population data are for 2014, except where otherwise indicated. The references from which the estimated populations are sourced are listed in each article for the cities and towns where the population estimates are given. Twenty largest cities by population The following population numbers are from the August 2014 national census, as documented in the final report of November 2016, by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Cities In May 2019, the Cabinet of Uganda approved the creation of 15 cities, in a phased manner, over the course of the next one to three years, as illustrated in the table below. The 7 of the 15 cities started operations on 1 July 2020 as approved by the Parliament of Uganda. Municipalities References External links Uganda: Regions, Major Cities & Towns - Population as per 2014 Census {{Africa topic, List of cities in Populated places in Uganda, Lists of cities by countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language daily newspaper. It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Government of Uganda. It is the flagship newspaper of the state-owned Vision Group, a multimedia conglomerate. Along with its privately-owned competitor, the ''Daily Monitor'', the ''New Vision'' is one of the two largest national newspapers in Uganda. History The ''New Vision'' traces its origins to the colonial era. Its institutional predecessor, the ''Uganda Argus'', was founded in 1955 as a British colonial government publication. Following Uganda's independence in 1962, the government of President Milton Obote retained the ''Uganda Argus'' as its official paper. After the 1971 coup, the government of Idi Amin renamed the paper the ''Voice of Uganda''. When Amin was overthrown in 1979, the succeeding government named it the ''Uganda Times''. When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power in 1986, the publication was rebranded as the ''New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nimule
Nimule is a city in the southern part of South Sudan in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria. It lies approximately , by road, southeast of Juba, the capital of South Sudan and largest city in the country. The town also lies approximately , by road, north of Gulu, Uganda, the nearest large city. Overview and history In 1901, Nimule was the base for a British punitive expedition against the Lango, which had raided neighboring districts. The Lango had been supported by Sudanese mutineers, who were all captured or killed by the British force. On 19 August 2013, the South Sudanese parliament decided to upgrade Nimule Town to City Council status, administered by a City Clerk. Some in the county have protested, calling for wider consultations. On April 7, 2014, the Mountain Trade and Development Bank expanded into the Eastern Equatoria state by opening a new branch in the town of Nimule. On October 6, 2017; Uganda had pledged to supply power to two South Sudanese border towns as part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
