Adjumani

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Ugandan town

title: "Adjumani" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["adjumani-district", "west-nile-sub-region", "populated-places-in-northern-region,-uganda"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "general/adjumani-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjumani" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ugandan town ::

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Adjumani is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial centre of Adjumani District. The district is named after the town.

Location

Adjumani is located in the West Nile sub-region, approximately 196 km, by road, northeast of Arua, the largest city in the sub-region.{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Arua/Adjumani/@3.293247,31.285999,9z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x176e6265a178c769:0xaa1e18867d91929c!2m2!1d30.907304!2d3.0303299!1m5!1m1!1s0x17720e1410740db7:0x43bc308aa932cd2f!2m2!1d31.7822278!2d3.3783808!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Arua, Uganda And Adjumani, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=25 July 2021}} Adjumani is located approximately 116 km, northwest of Gulu, the largest city in Uganda's Northern Region.

This is approximately 445 km, north-northwest of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Adjumani/Kampala/@1.8712116,31.0609912,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x17720e1410740db7:0x43bc308aa932cd2f!2m2!1d31.7822278!2d3.3783808!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Adjumani, Uganda And Kampala, Uganda |access-date=25 July 2021}} The coordinates of the town are 3°22'38.0"N, 31°47'26.0"E (Latitude:3.377222; Longitude:31.790556). Adjumani Town Council sits at an average elevation of 816 m, above mean sea level.

Population

The 1991 national census enumerated the population of the town at 2,108. The 2002 census put the town's population at 19,876. The national census and household survey of 2014 enumerated the people in the town at 35,433 inhabitants.

In 2015, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of Adjumani Town Council at 35,600 people. In 2020, the population agency put the town's population of the town at 37,100; of whom 19,400 (52.3 percent) were female and 17,700 (47.7 percent) were male. UBOS calculated that the population of the town increased at an average rate of 0.83 percent, annually, between 2015 and 2020.

Adjumani is also home to more than 200,000 refugees and asylum seekers from eight African countries, though the vast majority are from nearby South Sudan, making it host to the largest refugee population in the country.

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest lie within town or close to its borders: (a) the offices of Adjumani Town Council (b) the headquarters of Adjumani District Administration (c) Adjumani General Hospital, a 100-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health and (d) Adjumani Airport, a civilian airdrome administered by the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority.{{cite web| url=http://gc.kls2.com/airport/HUAJ |work=Gc.kls2.com | date=25 July 2021 |title=Technical Data About Adjumani Airport | author=Gc.kls2.com |access-date=25 July 2021}}

Notable people

  • Dominica Dipio, a Ugandan religious sister, filmmaker, author and professor

References

References

  2. Mindat. (25 July 2021). "Adjumani Town Council, East Moyo, Adjumani District, Northern Region, Uganda". Mindat.org.
  3. "Road Distance Between Adjumani, Uganda And Gulu, Uganda".
  4. "Location of Adjumani Town Council, Uganda".
  5. Geolist. (25 July 2021). "Geodata of Adjumani, Uganda". Geolist.org.
  6. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (14 June 2020). "The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections". Citypopulation.de.
  7. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (14 June 2020). "The population development of Adjumani as well as related information and services". Citypopulation.de Quoting [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]].
  8. "Government of Uganda Office of the Prime Minister: Uganda Refugees & Asylum Seekers as of 30 November 2022 - Uganda {{!}} ReliefWeb".

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