Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

 is divided into 111 district

District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

s and one city (the capital city of Kampala

Kampala

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...

) across four administrative regions. Most districts are named after their main commercial and administrative towns.

Each district is further divided into counties and municipalities

Counties of Uganda

||The districts of Uganda are divided into 146 counties, one city council, and thirteen municipalities. The counties are listed below, by district:-Bushenyi District:*Buhweju*Bunyaruguru*Igara*Ruhinda*Sheema-Lira District:*Erute*Lira*Moroto*Otuke...

. The head elected official in a district is the Chairperson of the Local Council

Local Council

A Local Council is a form of local elected government within the districts of Uganda. They were initially established as rebel support structures in the areas controlled by the National Resistance Army of Yoweri Museveni. At this time, they were known as Resistance Councils and proved...

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Below are population figures from the 2002 Census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

. County and subcounty data was used to determine figures for the districts created or altered since this census, when there were only 56 districts.