Lira

Lira is a city in the of . It serves as the main urban center of the Lango sub-region. On July 1, 2020, Lira was officially elevated to city status as part of Uganda's government plan to create new cities across the country.
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  • Type: City with 99,100 residents
  • Description: municipality in Lira District, Northern Region, Uganda
  • Also known as: Lira, Uganda

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lira Airport and Akii Bua Stadium.

Aerodrome
is an airport serving Lira, a town in the of . is one of twelve upcountry airports that are administered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda. It is also one of the 46 airports in the country.

Stadium
The , also , is a multi-purpose stadium under construction in Lira, . It is intended to be used for the first time, during the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations soccer tournament.

Hospital
Lira Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as , is a hospital in Lira in the of . It is the referral hospital for the districts of , , , , , and .

Lira

Latitude
2.2457° or 2° 14′ 45″ north
Longitude
32.8962° or 32° 53′ 47″ east
Population
99,100
Elevation
1,104 metres (3,622 feet)
United Nations Location Code
UG LIR
Open location code
6GJJ6VWW+7F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305377332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
230166
Wiki­data ID
Q1015699
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zulu—“Lira” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Lira
  • Arabic: ليرا
  • Asturian: Lira
  • Belarusian: Ліра (горад)
  • Belarusian: Ліра
  • Bengali: লিরা
  • Catalan: Lira
  • Cebuano: Lira
  • Chinese: 里拉
  • Croatian: Lira, Uganda
  • Croatian: Lira
  • Czech: Lira (město)
  • Czech: Lira
  • Danish: Lira
  • Dutch: Lira
  • Egyptian Arabic: ليرا
  • Esperanto: Lira
  • Finnish: Lira
  • French: Lira
  • German: Lira
  • Greek: Λίρα
  • Gujarati: લીરા
  • Hebrew: לירה
  • Hindi: लीरा
  • Hungarian: Lira
  • Indonesian: Lira
  • Italian: Lira
  • Japanese: リラ
  • Kalaallisut: Lira
  • Kannada: ಲಿರಾ
  • Korean: 리라
  • Latvian: Lira
  • Lithuanian: Lira
  • Malay: Lira
  • Malayalam: ലിറ, ഉഗാണ്ട
  • Malayalam: ലിറ
  • Maori: Lira
  • Marathi: लीरा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Lira
  • Polish: Lira
  • Portuguese: Lira
  • Romanian: Lira, Uganda
  • Romanian: Lira
  • Russian: Лира
  • Sinhala: ලිරා
  • Spanish: Lira
  • Swahili: Lira, Uganda
  • Swahili: Lira
  • Swedish: Lira, Uganda
  • Swedish: Lira
  • Tamil: லிரா
  • Telugu: లీరా
  • Thai: ลิรา
  • Turkish: Lira
  • Ukrainian: Ліра
  • Urdu: لیرا، یوگنڈا
  • Urdu: لیرا
  • Vietnamese: Lira, Uganda
  • Vietnamese: Lira
  • Western Armenian: Լիրա
  • Zulu: Lira, Yuganda

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