5-474: Gulu is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda . The regional headquarters are located in the city of Gulu , which is also the administrative capital of Northern Uganda . the district consists of two main divisions, Gulu West and Gulu East. Gulu District is bordered by Lamwo District to the north, Pader District and Omoro District to the east, Oyam District to the south, Nwoya District to
10-468: Is intended to prevent resources from being distributed primarily to chief towns and leaving the remainder of each district neglected. Each district is further divided into counties and municipalities , and each county is further divided into sub-counties . The head elected official in a district is the chairperson of the Local Council five (usually written with a Roman numeral V). In September 2015,
15-764: The historical homeland of the Acholi ethnic group. The district is composed of Aswa County and the Gulu Municipal Council . The economic activity of 90 per cent of the population in the district is subsistence agriculture . The district has been the location of much of the fighting between the Ugandan army and the Lord's Resistance Army . Over 90 percent of the population has returned to their villages after more than two decades of living in what were known as "Internally Displaced People Camps". The national census conducted in 2002 put
20-447: The population at 193,337. In the 2014 national census and household survey, the population of Gulu District was enumerated at 275,613. Districts of Uganda As of 1 July 2020, Uganda is divided into 135 districts plus the capital city of Kampala , which are grouped into four geographic regions . Since 2005, the Ugandan government has been in the process of dividing districts into smaller units. This decentralization
25-421: The southwest, and Amuru District to the west. The district headquarters in the city of Gulu are 333 kilometres (207 mi), by road, north of Uganda's capital city, Kampala . The coordinates of the district are, near the city of Gulu are:02°49'50.0"N, 32°19'13.0"E (Latitude:2.830556; Longitude:32.320278). As of November 2019, the district was one of the eight districts that constituted the Acholi sub-region ,
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