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is found in Eastern Uganda occupying an area of over 10,000 square kilometers and according to the 2014 national census about 40 percent of the people in the eastern region live in this sub-region.
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The sub-region is home mainly to the Basoga ethnic group. The people of Busoga are called
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As of 2018, the districts that constitute the Busoga sub-region include the following:
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The area covered by the above districts constitutes the traditional
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re-established them in 1993, Busoga re-constituted itself.
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abolished the traditional kingdoms in Uganda in 1967. When
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Bugiri District
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