Kaabong District

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Kaabong District is an administrative district in northeastern Uganda known for its remote, semi-arid landscape and predominantly pastoralist communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
district of Uganda
administrativeCenter Kaabong NERFINISHED
borderWith Kenya NERFINISHED
South Sudan NERFINISHED
capital Kaabong NERFINISHED
climate semi-arid
country Uganda
countrySubdivisionType district
createdFrom Kotido District NERFINISHED
governingBody Kaabong District Local Government NERFINISHED
hasBorderType international border
hasCommonLanguage Ngakarimojong NERFINISHED
hasDevelopmentPartnerFocus humanitarian assistance
resilience programming
hasEconomicSector small-scale trade
subsistence agriculture
hasEducationChallenges low school enrollment
hasHealthChallenges limited access to health services
hasHumanDevelopmentChallenges chronic poverty
food insecurity
limited infrastructure
hasLandUse communal grazing land
rangeland
hasOfficialLanguage English
hasRuralCharacter predominantly rural
hasSecurityIssues cattle rustling
hasSettlementType district
hasTransportInfrastructure mainly unpaved roads
knownFor predominantly pastoralist communities
remote location
semi-arid landscape
locatedIn East Africa NERFINISHED
Karamoja sub-region NERFINISHED
Northern Region, Uganda NERFINISHED
northeastern Uganda NERFINISHED
mainEconomicActivity livestock rearing
pastoralism
partOf Karamoja sub-region NERFINISHED
Republic of Uganda NERFINISHED
populationGroup Dodoth NERFINISHED
Karamojong NERFINISHED
regionType semi-arid pastoral region
timeZone East Africa Time
usesCurrency Ugandan shilling NERFINISHED
utcOffset +3

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Karamoja region contains Kaabong District
Karamojong districtPresence Kaabong District
Northern Region, Uganda hasDistrict Kaabong District