Northern Uganda

Northern Uganda is a region of 7.2 million people in the north of the country.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Gulu and Lira.

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is the largest city in Northern Uganda and serves as the economic and administrative centre of the sub-region.

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is the main municipal, administrative and commercial centre of District in Northern Uganda. It is the largest urban centre in the Lango sub-region and serves as a key hub for trade, education and governance in the area.

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is a city and commercial centre within the in the Northern Region of .

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Murchison Falls National Park and Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve.

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is in Northern Uganda. The park covers approximately 3840 km², and the River Nile passes through. Rabonga Forest in the southeast has large populations of chimps and the Nile has a lot of hippopotamuses and crocodiles.

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is a vast and lightly visited protected area in Northern Uganda, between the Mount Elgon highlands and the plains of Karamoja.

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is in northeast . It covers 1436 km² and borders onto . Less discovered by tourists, Kidepo Valley protects unique flora and fauna that is quite different from other Ugandan national parks.

is a small city of about 17,000 people in Nebbi, eastern . It is a regional transport and commercial center.

The Ajai Wildlife Reserve is a small conservation protected area in North Western Uganda dominated by a large island surrounded by seasonally flooded swamps and wooded savanna.

Northern Uganda

Latitude of center
2.7972° or 2° 47′ 50″ north
Longitude of center
32.2644° or 32° 15′ 52″ east
Population
5,350,000
Elevation
987 metres (3,238 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4345061984
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
8260674
Wiki­data ID
Q2559686
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zulu—“Northern Uganda” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ሰሜን Region”
  • Arabic: “المنطقة الشمالية”
  • Armenian: “Հյուսիսային շրջան”
  • Asturian: “Rexón norte”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şimal bölgəsi”
  • Belarusian: “Паўночная вобласць”
  • Bengali: “উত্তরাঞ্চলীয় Region”
  • Catalan: “Regió del Nord”
  • Cebuano: “Northern Region”
  • Chinese: “北部区”
  • Chinese: “北部區”
  • Danish: “Nordregionen (Uganda)”
  • Danish: “Nordregionen”
  • Dutch: “Northern”
  • Esperanto: “Norda regiono de Ugando”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoinen alue (Uganda)”
  • Finnish: “Pohjoinen alue”
  • French: “Nord”
  • French: “Ouganda septentrional”
  • Galician: “Rexión Norte, Uganda”
  • Galician: “Rexión Norte”
  • Georgian: “ჩრდილოეთის რეგიონი”
  • German: “Norduganda”
  • German: “Northern Region”
  • Greek: “Βόρεια Ουγκάντα”
  • Hausa: “Yankin Arewa”
  • Hebrew: “אזור צפון”
  • Indonesian: “Region Utara, Uganda”
  • Indonesian: “Region Utara”
  • Italian: “Regione settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Regione Settentrionale”
  • Italian: “Uganda settentrionale”
  • Japanese: “北部地域”
  • Javanese: “Wilayah Lor”
  • Kazakh: “Солтүстік Region”
  • Kirghiz: “Түндүк Region”
  • Korean: “북부주”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Bakur, Ûganda”
  • Kurdish: “Herêma Bakur”
  • Malay: “Kawasan Utara”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-raki, Ukānga”
  • Maori: “Rohe-ki-te-raki”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-pō͘ Chiu (Uganda)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pak-pō͘ Chiu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Northern (Regiuun uun Uganda)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Northern”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Northern”
  • Norwegian: “Northern”
  • Oromo: “Naannoo Kaaba”
  • Panjabi: “ਉੱਤਰੀ Region”
  • Persian: “استان شمالی، اوگاندا”
  • Persian: “استان شمالی”
  • Portuguese: “Norte do Uganda”
  • Portuguese: “Região Norte”
  • Pushto: “شمالي Region”
  • Russian: “Северная область”
  • Slovak: “Severný región”
  • Slovenian: “Northern Region”
  • Somali: “Gobolka Woqooyi”
  • Spanish: “Región Norte de Uganda”
  • Spanish: “Región Septentrional”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kaskazini, Uganda”
  • Swahili: “Mkoa wa Kaskazini”
  • Tajik: “Минтақаи Шомалӣ”
  • Tatar: “Төньяк Region”
  • Turkish: “Kuzey Bölgesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Північна область”
  • Urdu: “شمالی علاقہ، یوگنڈا”
  • Uzbek: “Shimoliy Region”
  • Vietnamese: “Bắc Uganda”
  • Zulu: “Northern Region, Yuganda”
  • Zulu: “Northern Region”

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