Moroto District
Moroto Municipality
Northern Division

Moroto

Moroto is a town in in the of . The town serves as the location of the district headquarters.
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  • 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.

is a Ugandan community museum and cultural institution located in , Karamoja sub-region, .

Moroto

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
node 1818469748
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
229112
Wiki­data ID
Q2193389
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Zulu—“Moroto” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Moroto”
  • Dutch: “Moroto”
  • Finnish: “Moroto”
  • French: “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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