Amuria

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Ugandan town

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

::summary Ugandan town ::

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Amuria is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the chief municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Amuria District, in the Teso sub-region.

Location

Amuria is located 36.5 km, by road, north of Soroti, the largest city in the Teso sub-region.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Soroti/Amuria/@1.9978803,33.5429243,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1779b9ffc3d63557:0x7923a22894bc2ef9!2m2!1d33.6063855!2d1.7131812!1m5!1m1!1s0x1779d7be63d0b7cd:0x6a93948454d20c93!2m2!1d33.6427533!2d2.03017!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Amuria, Uganda And Soroti, Uganda | access-date=31 December 2020}} Amuria sits about 151 km southwest of the city of Moroto, the largest city in the neighboring Karamoja sub-region.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Moroto/Amuria/@2.0003265,33.6804335,9z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!1m5!1m1!1s0x1779d7be63d0b7cd:0x6a93948454d20c93!2m2!1d33.6427533!2d2.03017!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Moroto, Uganda And Amuria, Uganda | access-date=31 December 2020}}

Amuria is 327 km, by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Amuria/@1.886032,32.286646,8z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x1779d7be63d0b7cd:0x6a93948454d20c93!2m2!1d33.6427533!2d2.03017!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Amuria, Uganda | access-date=31 December 2020}} The coordinates of the town are:2°01'48.0"N, 33°38'35.0"E (Latitude:2.0300;Longitude:33.6431).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.co.ug/maps/place/2%C2%B001'48.0%22N+33%C2%B038'35.0%22E/@2.0300919,33.6417068,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0| title=Location of Amuria, Eastern Region, Uganda |access-date=31 December 2020}} Amuria town sits at an average elevation of 1096 m above mean sea level.{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UG/B8/Amuria.html |title=Elevation of Amuria, Uganda |publisher=Fallingrain.com | date=December 2020 |author=Falling Rain |access-date=31 December 2020}}

Population

In 1991, the national population census estimated the town's population at 2,600. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 5,000. In 2011, the UBOS put the population at about 5,400.

During the first decade of the 2000s, the population of the town has fluctuated from as low as 4,500 to as high as 30,000. Several factors have contributed to the rapid increase in the population of the town, including the following:

  1. The activities of the Lord's Resistance Army forced the population out of the villages into the town due to better security in urban areas.

  2. The Karamojong attack the villages in Amuria District to steal cattle and harm anyone who attempts to stop them. The villagers in the neighboring villages move closer to town to avoid the wrath of the cattle rustlers.

  3. The congregation of many people in IDP camps, who are not related by blood and who are idle for the most part, leads to increased sexual activity, increased birth rates and a rapid expansion in the population.

  4. In mid-2007, the LRA ceased activity in Uganda and moved away to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the Karamojong have continued with their cattle raids.

In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of Amuria at 7,500 people. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 8,900 people. Of these, 4,500 (50.6 percent) were males and 4,400 (49.4 percent) were females. UBOS calculated the annual population growth rate of the town to average 3.48 percent, between 2015 and 2020.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie with Amuria Town or close to its borders:

  1. The headquarters of Amuria District Administration

  2. St. Andrew's Anglican Church, a place of worship affiliated with the Church of Uganda{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1113145/news-briefs | title=News Briefs: Akello Gives |newspaper=New Vision | date=14 November 2005 |author=New Vision |access-date=31 December 2020 |location=Kampala}}

  3. The offices of Amuria Town Council

  4. Amuria central market, the largest source of fresh produce in the town

  5. The Soroti–Amuria–Abim–Kotido Road passes through the middle of town in a general south to north direction.

References

References

  2. Uganda Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development. (2008). "Amuria Town Council Structure Plan 2008 – 2018". [[Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (Uganda)]].
  3. UBOS. "Estimated Population of Amuria In 2002, 2010 & 2011". Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).
  4. Jacob Mathre. (22 April 2006). "Amuria District IDPs". Mytripjournal.com.
  5. UBOS. (14 June 2020). "Estimated Population of Amuria, UG". Citypopulation.de Quoting [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] (UBOS).
  6. Daily Monitor. (21 October 2019). "Kotido, Soroti traders count losses as Floods cut off roads". [[Daily Monitor]].

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