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Bundibugyo District

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The 1991 national population census estimated the district population at 92,300. During the 2002 national census, the population of was put at about 158,900. The annual population growth rate in the district was estimated at 5.2 percent.
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Subsistence agriculture and animal husbandry are the two major economic activities in the district. It is the largest producer of cocoa in Uganda, accounting for unprocessed beans worth UGX:90 billion annually.
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were one. These districts are the only two in Uganda that lie west of the Rwenzori mountains. Bundibugyo (With Ntoroko) was first named Semuliki district on separating it from the
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to the west and north. The district headquarters at Bundibugyo are located approximately 83.6 kilometres (51.9 mi), by road, west of
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Landscape view at the Semuliki National Park located in the remote part of Bundibugyo District in Western Uganda.
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for Bunyangabu county was shot and wounded in an attack in neighboring Kabarole District by ADF insurgents.
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but no motorable roads link Kasese and Bundibugyo districts because of the over 4 km high
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A home stands right below a part of the rift Valley in Bundibugyo, Uganda.
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In 2012, the population of the district was estimated at 261,700.
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In the late 1990s, tens of thousands of civilians were
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district alongside Rwenzori district (Kasese) in 1974.
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Index

District
District location in Uganda
00°43′N 30°04′E / 0.717°N 30.067°E / 0.717; 30.067
Uganda
Region
Western Uganda
Sub-region
Rwenzori sub-region
Capital
Bundibugyo
Time zone
UTC+3
EAT
www.bundibugyo.go.ug
A home stands right below a part of the rift Valley in Bundibugyo, Uganda.
Landscape view at the Semuliki National Park located in the remote part of Bundibugyo District in Western Uganda.
Sempaya Male hotspring.
district
Western Region
Uganda
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bundibugyo
Bwamba Kingdom
Obudhingiya Bwa Bwamba
Ntoroko
Bundibugyo
Greator Kabarole

Karugutu
Ntoroko District

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