Kitgum
Kitgum is a municipality in Kitgum District in the Northern Region of Uganda. The town is administered by Kitgum Municipality Council, an urban local government. It is the largest metropolitan area in the district and the site of the district headquarters.- Type: Town with 56,900 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Kitgum, Uganda” and “Kitgumo”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kitgum Hospital.
Kitgum Hospital
Hospital
Kitgum Hospital, is a government-owned hospital in Northern Uganda. It serves as the district hospital for Kitgum District.
Kitgum
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kitgum Town Council, Chua County, Kitgum District, Northern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
3.2965° or 3° 17′ 47″ north
Longitude
32.8818° or 32° 52′ 55″ east
Population
56,900
Elevation
950 metres (3,117 feet)
United Nations Location Code
UG KGM
Open location code
6GMJ7VWJ+HP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
Discover Kitgum from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zulu—“Kitgum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيتغوم”
- Danish: “Kitgum”
- Dutch: “Kitgum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيتجوم”
- French: “Kitgum”
- German: “Kitgum”
- Irish: “Kitgum”
- Italian: “Kitgum”
- Japanese: “キトゥグム”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kitgum”
- Polish: “Kitgum”
- Portuguese: “Kitgum”
- Romanian: “Kitgum”
- Russian: “Китгум”
- Swahili: “Kitgum”
- Swedish: “Kitgum”
- Ukrainian: “Кітгум”
- Urdu: “کتگوم”
- Zulu: “Kitgum, Yuganda”
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