Nebbi District: Pakwach, Nebbi, Nyagak Power Station, Paidha, Goli, Uganda, Nebbi Airport

Chapters: Pakwach, Nebbi, Nyagak Power Station, Paidha, Goli, Uganda, Nebbi Airport. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Nebbi District is a district in north-western Uganda. It is named after its main commercial and administrative centre, Nebbi. Nebbi District is bordered by Arua District to the north, Amuru District to the east, Bulisa District to the southeast and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the south and west. Nebbi, where the district headquarters are located is situated approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi), by road, southeast of Arua, the largest city in the sub-region. The coordinates of the district are:02 27N, 31 15E (Latitude:2.4500; Longitude:31.2500). The district is divided into three counties: Padyere, Okoro and Jonam. There is a small airstrip near Nebbi which can be reached using commercial flights from Entebbe Airport. A railway link which has not run for many years used to link the district to the rest of the Uganda Railway system. In the past, transport between Nebbi and Kampala has frequently been disrupted by the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army. There is a Catholic Cathedral is in Nebbi, and the Anglican diocese is based in Goli, a town situated at the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi), by road, south of Nebbi. The first Bishop of the Anglican diocese of Nebbi was Henry Luke Orombi, who is the current Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The first bishop of Nebbi Catholic diocese was John Baptist Odama. He is currently the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu. The predominant ethnicity in the district are the Alur. The 2002 national census estimated the population of the district at approximately 433,500. The annual population growth rate of ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=578405