Moroto
Moroto is a town in Moroto District in the Northern Region of Uganda. The town serves as the location of the district headquarters.- Type: Town with 16,300 residents
- Description: place in Northern Region, Uganda
- Also known as: “Maroto” and “Moroto Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ateker Cultural Centre.
Ateker Cultural Centre
Ateker Cultural Centre is a Ugandan community museum and cultural institution located in Moroto District, Karamoja sub-region, Uganda.Moroto
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Northern Division, Moroto Municipality, Moroto District, Northern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
2.52862° or 2° 31′ 43″ north
Longitude
34.65873° or 34° 39′ 31″ east
Population
16,300
Elevation
1,393 metres (4,570 feet)
United Nations Location Code
UG MRT
Open location code
6GJPGMH5+CF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Moroto from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Zulu—“Moroto” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Moroto”
- Danish: “Moroto (by)”
- Danish: “Moroto”
- Dutch: “Moroto”
- Finnish: “Moroto”
- French: “Moroto”
- Galician: “Moroto”
- Hebrew: “מורוטו”
- Hungarian: “Moroto”
- Japanese: “モロト”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moroto”
- Polish: “Moroto”
- Romanian: “Moroto”
- Russian: “Морото”
- Spanish: “Moroto”
- Swahili: “Moroto”
- Urdu: “موروتو ٹاؤن”
- Zulu: “Moroto, Idolobha”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Justice and Law centre for Karamoja and Moroto Regional Referral Hospital.
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