Kapkwai Forest Exploration Center The Kapkwai Forest Exploration Center doubles as a budget accommodation and an educational facility.  Here there are Bandas, a student hostel, and a campsite, where one can pitch one’s tent for the night.  The Center is operated by the Mt. Elgon National Park. Location: The Kapkwai Forest Exploration Center is located …

Jinja City is one of the best places to include in your Uganda safaris and travel plans to see the source of the River Nile among other interesting Jinja tours. Jinja city is nestled on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake, and is deeply rooted in colorful history. The city is home to …

Igongo Cultural Centre Mbarara or Igongo Culture Museum In Uganda Mbarara City/District was formally unwrapped on the 23rd December 2011 by H.E the President of Uganda. Igongo Cultural Centre is a private initiative that aims at conserving and presenting the Cultures of southwestern Uganda. Well known for its cultural significance in the region, Igongo Cultural …

Formerly part of the Kabarole district. It became a district in 2000. Location It borders Kyenjojo in the east, Kabarole in the west, Kibale and Kyenjojo in the north. Mbarara in the south. Population 295.313 people, 152.132 female and 143.181 male. Main languages Rukiga, Rutagwenda and Rutooro Economic Activities Agriculture with emphasis on food crops …

KABAROLE DISTRICT It was part of Toro Kingdom at Independence. Following the abolition of Kingdoms in 1967, the kingdom became a district composed of present day Kasese, Kamwenge, Kyenjojo, Bundibugyo and Kabarole Districts. Location It borders the districts of Bundibugyo in the west and north, Kasese in the south and Kamwenge in the east and …

HOIMA DISTRCT It was part of former Bunyoro District. At Independence, Bunyoro was a kingdom and Hoima was an entity within the Kingdom. When Ugandan Kingdoms were abolished in 1967, Bunyoro became a district. In 1974 Bunyoro was divided into North Bunyoro and south Bunyoro with the latter becoming Hoima District in 1980 and the …

BUNDIBUGYO DISTRICT At Independence in 1962, Bundibugyo was part of Toro Kingdom. When the kingdoms were abolished in 1967, Toro Kingdom attained district status. IN 1974, Semliki District was carved out of Toro District and in 1980 it was re-named Bundibugyo. Location It boarders the districts of Kabarole in the east, Kasese in the south, …

YUMBE DISTRICT Formerly part of Arua District. In 2000, Aringa county of Arua District was given District status and named Yumbe District. Location It borders Moyo and Adjumani in east, Arua in the west and south and Sudan in the north. Population The district has over 99,794 people. 51,467 females and 48,327 Males. Main Languages …

PADER DISTRICT It was formerly part of Kitgum District. In 2000, two counties of Kitgum District Agago and Avu became Pader district. Location It boarders Kotido in the east, Gulu in the west, Sudan in the north and Lira and Apac in the South. Population The district has over 293,679 people. 147,200 are female and …

NEBBI DISTRICT At Independence, Nebbi was part of the then west Nile District. In 1974, West Nile District was divided into North Nile, Central Nile and South Nile Districts. South Nile became Nebbi District in 1980. Location Nebbi borders the district of Arua n the north, Gulu in the East, Masindi and Lake Albert in …

MOYO DISTRICT Present day Moyo and Adjumani District made up the former Madi District. Moyo District was created in 1980 and in 1977, on one of its counties Adjumani was elevated to District status. Location Moyo borders the districts of Adjumani in the east and south, Arua in the west and the republic of Sudan …

MOYO DISTRICT Present day Moyo and Adjumani District made up the former Madi District. Moyo District was created in 1980 and in 1977, on one of its counties Adjumani was elevated to District status. Location Moyo borders the districts of Adjumani in the east and south, Arua in the west and the republic of Sudan …

MOROTO DISTRICT It is part of the former Karamoja District which existed at Independence in1962. Under the 1974 provincial Administration, the district was divided into 3 North Karamoja, Central Karamoja and South Karamoja. IN 1980, Central and South Karamoja were joined to form one district and renamed Moroto. IN 2001, Chekwii County was separated from …

LIRA DISTRICT At Independence, Lira district was part of the then Lango District which consisted of present-day Apac and Lira districts. Under the provincial Administration, Lango was divided into West Lango and East Lango Districts in 1974. In 1980, East Lango was re-named Lira District. Location It borders the districts of Apac in the west, …

KOTIDO DISTRICT At Independence in 1962, Karamoja consisted of the present day Kotido, Moroto and Nakapiripirit. Under the 1974 Provincial Administration, the district was divided into North Karamoja, South Karamoja and Central Karamoja. In 1980, North Karamoja became Kotido District. It is part of the former Karamoja District. Location It borders the districts of Kitgum …

KITGUM DISTRICT Kitgum was part of Acholi District at Independence in 1962. Under the 1974 provincial Administration, Acholi was divided into two districts, West and east Acholi. The latter became Kitgum District. Location It borders the Districts of Gulu in the West, Pader in the south, Kotido in the east and the republic of Sudan …

GULU DISTRICT Gulu is part of the former Acholi District which existed at Independence. IN 1974, Acholi District was divided into East Acholi and West Acholi which became Kitgum and Gulu district respectively in 1980. Location It borders the districts of Adjumani in the north, Arua and Nebbi in the West, Pader I the East, …

ARUA DISTRICT At Independence, Arua was part of the then West Nile District, which consisted of the present day Arua, Nebbi and Yumbe Districts. Under the 1974 Provincial Administration, West Nile District was divided into south Nile, Central Nile and North Nile districts. In 980, North Nile and Central Nile became Arua District, while south …

APAC DISTRICT Apac is part of former Lango District which existed at Independence in 1962. Under the 1974 provincial Administration, Lango was divided into West Lango and East Lango, which became Apac and Lira Districts respectively. Location Apac lies north of Lake Kyoga and borders the district of Masindi in the west, Lira in the …

ADJUMANI DISRICT Adjumani was curved from Moyo District in 1997. It is composed of East Moyo county which together with West Moyo County previously made up Moyo District. At Independence in 1962, it was known as Madi district. Adjumani and Moyo Districts are separated by the Albert Nile. Location Adjumani District is bordered by the …

TORORO DISTRICT Formerly known as Bukedi, Tororo District is one of the districts that already existed at Independence in 1962. It then consisted of present day Pallisa and Busia District. In 1980 Bukedi became Tororo District. Location Tororo borders the districts of Pallisa in the north, Mbale in the north-east, Iganga in the west, Bugiri …

SORORTI DISTRICT Formerly known as Teso District, it existed at Independence in 1962 and consists of the present day Kaberamaido, Katakwi, Soroti and Kumi. To ease administration, Teso district was in the 1970s divided into North Teso and South Teso, which in 1980, became Soroti and Kumi District respectively. Location It borders the districts of …

SIRONKO DISTRICT Formerly part of Mbale district. In 2000, two of Mbale District-Budadiri and Bulambi became Sironko District. Location It borders Kapchorwa in the East, Kumi in the West, Nakapiripiriti in the North, Mbale in the South. Population The district has over 291,906 people, 146,488 are female and 145,418 are Male. Economic activities There is …

PALLISA DISTRICT It was created in 1991 and was formerly part of the Tororo District. Location The district boarders the districts of Mbale in the east, Kumi in the north, Kamuli in the west, Tororo and Iganga in the south and Soroti in the north-west. Population The district has over 522,254 people, 269,224 are female …

MBALE DISTRICT Mbale and Sironko Districts formerly constituted Bugisu District at Independence in 1962. In 1980, Bugisu district was renamed Mbale. The main language is Lumasaba. Location It boarders the Districts of Sironko in the North, Tororo in the south west, Kumi in the north west, Pallisa in the west and the republic of Kenya …

MAYUGE DISTRICT Originally part of Iganga, Mayuge District was created in 2000, by elevating Bunya County previously part of Iganga District, to district status. Present day Iganga, Kamuli, Jinja and Mayuge district constitutes Busoga district at Independence in 1962. Location It boarders Bugiri in the east, Mukono and Jinja in the west, Iganga in the …

KATAKWI DISTRICT Katakwi District was created in 1997. It was formerly part of Soroti District. The 3 sub-counties which comprise Katakwi (Kapelebyong, Amuria and Usuk) belonged to Soroti until then. Location It borders Moroto to the north-east, Nakapiripirit in the east, Kaberamaido in the south-west, Lira to the north-west and Soroti and Kumi in the …

KAPCHORWA DISTRICT During independence, it was known as Sebei and in 1980, it was re-named Kapchorwa. The main language is Kaksabin. Location It borders the district of Sironko in the south-west, Nakapiripit in the north, Moroto in the north and the republic of Kenya in the east. Population The district has over 193,510 people, 96,984 …

KAMULI DISTRICT Location It borders the districts of Iganga in the East, Jinja in the south, Kayunga in the west, Soroti in the north and Pallisa in the north-east. In 1974, the provincial Administration Kamuli was part of North Busoga province. North Busoga Province became Kamuli District in 1980. At Independence, Busoga District comprised of …

KABERAMAIDO DISTRICT It was part of Soroti District until 2000 when it became a district. At independence in 1962, present day Soroti, Kumi, Katakwi and Kaberamaido constitute Teso District. The main language is Ateso, Kumam and Kiswahili. Location It boarders Soroti in the East, Lira in the West, Kamuli in the South and Katakwi in …

JINJA DISTRICT Jinja was part of Busoga District at Independence. Under the 19741 provisional Administrations, it became a district in Busoga province. Location It borders Iganga and Kamuli in the North, Mukono in the south west, Kayunga in the West, Mayuge in the East and Lake Victoria in the South. It is the western potion …

IGANGA DISTRICT Iganga was part of Busoga at Independence in 1962. In 1975 it gained district status and it became South Busoga District in the then Busoga Province. It was named Iganga in 1980. Present day Bugiri, Kamuli and Mayuge made up Busoga District. Location It boarders the districts of Bugiri and Tororo in the …

BUSIA DISTRICT This district was created after protracted agitation by the people of the area. One of the reasons the people advanced their own district was that administrative headquarters in Tororo was distant and affected service delivery to the people. Population The district has over 228,181 people, 118,257 of which are female and 109,924 are …

BUGIRI DISTRICT Bugiri District, which was originally a county of Iganga District, was created in 1997. Previously Bugiri, Mayuge and present-day Iganga constituted Iganga District. Location It is bordered by Iganga in the North and West, Mayuge District in the South West, Busia in the East, Tororo and the Republic of Kenya in the North …

WAKISO DISTRICT Formerly part o Mpigi District, it came into existence in 200, when the 3 counties of Mpigi District-Busiro, Kyadondo and Entebbe Municipality became Wakiso District. The people are Baganda and the main language is Luganda. Location It surrounds Kampala and boarders Mukono in the East, Mubende and Mpigi in the West, Luwero in …

SEMBABULE DISTRICT The district came into existence in 1997. It consists of 2 counties of Mawogola and Lwemiyaga which were formerly part of Masaka District. The main language us Luganda and Runyankore. Location It borders Mpigi and Mubende in the north, Mbarara in the West, Rakai and Masaka in the south and Masaka in the …

RAKAI Created n 1980, Rakai district comprises of four former counties of Masaka district established in 19867, when Buganda Kingdom was sub-divided into districts. The main language is Luganda. Location Rakai boarders the districts of Masaka in the North and north east, Mbarara in the West and north-west and the republic of Tanzania in the …

NAKASONGOLA DISTRICT Nakasongola district came into existence in 1997. It is made up of one county. Buruli which was formerly part of Luwero District. In the 1970s, during the Idi Amin regime era, Nakasongora gained sub-district status. The commission of inquiry into the local government system in 1987 recognized that Nakasongola was too far away …

MUKONO DISTRICT At Independence in 1962, it was part of Buganda. Following the abolition of Kingdom in 1967, it became one of the districts curved out of the Buganda Kingdom and was named East Mengo. Under the 1974 provincial Administration, it was re-named Kyagwe District. In 1980, it became Mukono District. Location Mukono District boarders …

MUBENDE DISTRICT Mubende was part of Buganda Kingdom at Independence in 1967. Following abolition of Kingdoms in 1967, It became on of the districts carved out of Buganda Kingdom. Location It borders the districts of Kiboga and Luwero in the North and north East separately, Kibale in the north-West, Kyenjojo in the West and Sembabule …

MPIGI At Independence in 1962, Mpigi was part of Buganda Kingdom. Following the abolition of kingdoms in 1967, Buganda was divided into 4 districts-East Mengo, West Mengo, Mubende and Masaka districts. Under the 1974 provincial Administration, West Mengo became Mengo District, which in 1980 became Mpigi District. In 2000, Busiro and Kyadondo counties and Entebbe …

MASAKA Location Masaka district is located about 37kms away from the Equator towards the south and lies between 0o- 25o South and 34o East, having an average altitude of 115m above sea level. The district is bordered by Sembabule in the North West, Mpigi district in the North, Rakai district in the west and south …

LUWERO DISTRICT Location The District Lies amid Latitude 2 Equator and 2 north, and between longitude 32 and 33 east. It is bordered byNakasongola Districts in the North, Mukono District in the East and Mpigi District in the South. Luwero was the site of a brutal insurgency by the rebel National Resistance Army and a …

KIBOGA DISTRICT Kiboga district was formed in 1991. It is situated in central region, bordered by Hoima and Masindi districts to the north, Luwero to the East, Mubende district to the south and Kibaale district to the West. Population The district has a population of 231,231 people and it covers a total area of about …

KAYUNGA DISTRICT Location Kayunga borders with 6 districts, including Apac in the north, Kamuli in the East, Mukono in the south, Luwero and Nakasongola in the west and Jinja. The district H.Q. is situated at Ntenjeru hill, 2km from Kayunga town. Kayunga district is divided into two regions. Ntenjeru region is located at the district …

KALANGALA DISTRICT Location Kalangala is situated in Lake Victoria/ South Western Uganda. It covers an area of 9,066.8Km2. Only 432.1Km2 (4.8%) is land and the rest is water. Total population is 34,766 (20,849 male and 13,917 female). Kalangala district is entirely made up of a total of 84 Islands widely scattered in Lake Victoria. The …

UGANDA DISTRICTS Uganda is divided into 80 districts across 4 administrative regions. Most districts are named after their main commercial and administrative towns. 11 new districts were formed on 1 July 2006. Each district is further divided into sub-districts, counties, sub-counties, parishes and villages. The top selected administrator in a district is the Chairperson of …