Barlonyo

---

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

::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]

Field	Value
official_name	Barlonyo
native_name
settlement_type
dot_x
pushpin_map	Uganda
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Uganda
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Uganda
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Northern Uganda
subdivision_type2	Sub-region
subdivision_name2	Lango sub-region
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Lira District
subdivision_type4	Sub-county
subdivision_name4	Ogur
leader_title	LC 1
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
coordinates
elevation_footnotes	tags--
elevation_m	1080
postal_code_type
::

|official_name = Barlonyo |other_name = |native_name =
|nickname = |settlement_type = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Uganda |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Uganda |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Uganda |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Northern Uganda |subdivision_type2 = Sub-region |subdivision_name2 = Lango sub-region |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Lira District |subdivision_type4 = Sub-county |subdivision_name4 = Ogur |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = LC 1 |leader_name = |leader_title1 =
|leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =
|established_date = |established_title2 =
|established_date2 = |established_title3 =
|established_date3 = |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = tags-- |elevation_m =1080 |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type =
|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes =

Barlonyo (also Bar Lonyo, meaning "field of wealth" in Luo) is a village in northern Uganda near Lira town, where a number of internally displaced people (IDPs) from parts of northern Uganda lived, as a result of a 20-year LRA insurgency. It is located in Orit Parish, at the North -eastern end of Ogur sub-county in Lira District. It is a 45-minute drive from Lira town.

At the center of this conflict is the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony. The LRA is a rebel group that had bases in Acholi sub Region of northern Uganda. It was formed in 1987. The rebels have been accused of many atrocities in the area, including kidnapping children to train as soldiers or use as sex slaves. The Ugandan government blamed the LRA for a massacre of over 200 civilians at the IDP camp in Barlonyo on February 21, 2004. Unofficial reports indicate that somewhere between 300 and 500 people were either massacred or went missing that day (according to locals, the government has allegedly tried to abbreviate the toll). The camp has since been disbanded by the government. Plans are in high gear to open a polytechnic school in the area in memory of the killings.

References

References

1. "Google Maps".

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::