Eastern Uganda

The Eastern region is one of four regions in . As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was 9,042,422.
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is a city of 300,000 people in . The city is at the source of the Nile, and in Uganda more famously the source of Nile Beer. This is a popular destination for backpackers for its white water rafting.

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is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative commercial center of and the surrounding sub-region.

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is a town in the Eastern Region of . It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of .

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is a city in Eastern Uganda that was angulated in 2020. It serves as the primary urban, business, and administrative hub within the delineated area of District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region.

is a border town in and . Legally, there is a , Uganda, and an adjacent , Kenya.

Eastern Uganda

Latitude of center
0.4232° or 0° 25′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
33.1713° or 33° 10′ 17″ east
Population
6,300,000
Elevation
1,059 metres (3,474 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4345060071
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
8260673
Wiki­data ID
Q2559220
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Eastern Uganda” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ምስራቅ Region”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الشرقية (أوغندا)”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան շրջան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərq bölgəsi (Uqanda)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şərq bölgəsi”
  • Bengali: “পূর্বাঞ্চলীয় Region”
  • Catalan: “Regió de l’Est d’Uganda”
  • Cebuano: “Eastern Region”
  • Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Chiu”
  • Chinese: “东乌干达”
  • Chinese: “东部区”
  • Chinese: “東部區”
  • Danish: “Østregionen (Uganda)”
  • Danish: “Østregionen”
  • Dutch: “Eastern”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta regiono de Ugando”
  • French: “Est”
  • French: “Ouganda oriental”
  • Galician: “Rexión Leste, Uganda”
  • Galician: “Rexión Leste”
  • Georgian: “აღმოსავლეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Eastern Region (Uganda)”
  • German: “Eastern Region”
  • German: “Ostuganda”
  • Greek: “Ανατολική Ουγκάντα”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Gabas”
  • Indonesian: “Region Timur, Uganda”
  • Indonesian: “Region Timur”
  • Italian: “Regione orientale”
  • Italian: “Regione Orientale”
  • Italian: “Uganda orientale”
  • Japanese: “東部地域”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Wétan”
  • Kazakh: “Шығыс Region”
  • Kirghiz: “Чыгыш Region”
  • Korean: “동부주”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Rojhilat, Ûganda”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Rojhilat”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Timur”
  • Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ മേഖല, ഉഗാണ്ട”
  • Malayalam: “കിഴക്കൻ മേഖല”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-rawhiti, Ukānga”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-rawhiti”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Chiu (Uganda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang-pō͘ Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Eastern (Regiuun uun Uganda)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Eastern”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Eastern”
  • Norwegian: “Eastern”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Bahaasaa”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੂਰਬੀ Region”
  • Persian: “استان شرقی، اوگاندا”
  • Portuguese: “Região Leste”
  • Portuguese: “Uganda Oriental”
  • Pushto: “ختيزه Region”
  • Romanian: “Regiunea Estică”
  • Russian: “Восточная область”
  • Russian: “Восточная”
  • Slovak: “Východný región”
  • Slovenian: “Eastern Region”
  • Slovenian: “Vzhodna regija”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Bari”
  • Spanish: “Región Oriental (Uganda)”
  • Spanish: “Región Oriental de Uganda”
  • Spanish: “Región Oriental”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Mashariki”
  • Tajik: “Минтақаи Шарқӣ”
  • Tatar: “Схәм Region”
  • Turkish: “Doğu Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Східна область”
  • Urdu: “مشرقی علاقہ، یوگنڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Sharqiy Region”
  • Vietnamese: “Đông Uganda”
  • Zulu: “Eastern Region, Yuganda”
  • Zulu: “Eastern Region”

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