Tororo District
Encyclopedia
Tororo District is a district
in Eastern Uganda
. Like most other Uganda
n districts, it is named after its "chief town", Tororo
.
to the north, Manafwa District
to the northeast, the Republic of Kenya to the east, Busia District
to the south, Bugiri District
to the southwest and Butaleja District
to the northwest.
{| style="font-size:100%;"
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| width="100%" align="center" | Tororo District Population Trends
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! style="width:2em;" |Year !!Estimated Population
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|2002||398,600
|-
|2003||409,300
|-
|2004||420,400
|-
|2005||431,800
|-
|2006||443,400
|-
|2007||455,400
|-
|2008||467,700
|-
|2009||480,300
|-
|2010||493,300
|-
|2011||506,600
|-
|2012||520,300
|-
|}
There is a good mix of ethnicities in the district including the Jopadhola
, Iteso, Samia
, Bagwere
and Banyoli. Languages spoken correlate to the ethnicities of the population, including Dhopadhola
, Lusamia, Ateso, Lugwere
and Lunyoli. In the urban centers, English
, Swahili
and Luganda may be spoken and/or understood.
Most of the district produce is consumed locally or sold in the urban areas within the district.
Districts of Uganda
Uganda is divided into 111 districts and one city across four administrative regions. Most districts are named after their main commercial and administrative towns....
in Eastern Uganda
Eastern Region, Uganda
Eastern Region is a region of Uganda. It is divided into the following districts:...
. Like most other 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...
n districts, it is named after its "chief town", Tororo
Tororo
Tororo is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Tororo District. The district was named after the town.-Location:...
.
Location
Tororo District is bordered by Mbale DistrictMbale District
Mbale District is a district in Eastern Uganda. It is named after the largest city in the district, Mbale, which also servess as the main administrative and commercial center in the sub-region.-Location:...
to the north, Manafwa District
Manafwa District
Manafwa District is a district in the Eastern Uganda. Like most Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Manafwa, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...
to the northeast, the Republic of Kenya to the east, Busia District
Busia District, Uganda
Busia District is a district in the Eastern region of Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main town, Busia.-Location:...
to the south, Bugiri District
Bugiri District
Bugiri District is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Bugiri, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...
to the southwest and Butaleja District
Butaleja District
Butaleja District is a district in Eastern Uganda. Its named after its 'chief town', Butaleja, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...
to the northwest.
Population
The 2002 national census estimated the population of Tororo District at 398,600 with an annual population growth rate of approximately 2.7%. It is estimated that the population of the district in 2010 is approximately 493,300. See table below:{| style="font-size:100%;"
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! style="width:2em;" |Year !!Estimated Population
|-
|2002||398,600
|-
|2003||409,300
|-
|2004||420,400
|-
|2005||431,800
|-
|2006||443,400
|-
|2007||455,400
|-
|2008||467,700
|-
|2009||480,300
|-
|2010||493,300
|-
|2011||506,600
|-
|2012||520,300
|-
|}
There is a good mix of ethnicities in the district including the Jopadhola
Jopadhola
The Adhola people, also known as Jopadhola or Badama, are an ethnic group of Uganda. They live Tororo District in southeastern Uganda and comprise about two percent of the country's total population. They speak Dhopadhola , which belongs to the Western Nilotic branch of the Nilo-Saharan language...
, Iteso, Samia
Samia
Samia may refer to:People* Samia Gamal, an Egyptian belly dancer and actress* Samia Smith, a British actress* Samia tribe , , a Luhya tribe in Western Kenya and Southeastern UgandaPlaces...
, Bagwere
Bagwere
The Gwere people, or Bagwere, are a Bantu ethnic group in Uganda. The Bagwere constitute an estimated 4% of Uganda's population.-Location:...
and Banyoli. Languages spoken correlate to the ethnicities of the population, including Dhopadhola
Dhopadhola
The Adhola language, also known as japadhola and Ludama, is the language of the Adhola people of Uganda. Dhopadhola is generally mutually intelligible with Acholi, Lango, Kumam, and Alur of Uganda and Dholuo of Kenya....
, Lusamia, Ateso, Lugwere
Lugwere
Gwere, or Lugwere, is the language spoken by the Gwere people , a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda, which neighbhour the Gwere....
and Lunyoli. In the urban centers, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Swahili
Swahili language
Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...
and Luganda may be spoken and/or understood.
Economic activities
Agriculture is the backbone of the district economy. Crops grown include:- MilletMilletThe millets are a group of small-seeded species of cereal crops or grains, widely grown around the world for food and fodder. They do not form a taxonomic group, but rather a functional or agronomic one. Their essential similarities are that they are small-seeded grasses grown in difficult...
- CassavaCassavaCassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates...
- PeaPeaA pea is most commonly the small spherical seed or the seed-pod of the pod fruit Pisum sativum. Each pod contains several peas. Peapods are botanically a fruit, since they contain seeds developed from the ovary of a flower. However, peas are considered to be a vegetable in cooking...
s - BeanBeanBean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae used for human food or animal feed....
s - Sweet potatoSweet potatoThe sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of...
s - SimsimSimsimSimsim may refer to:*Simsim, the word for sesame in various Semitic languages. Also widely used in Arab-influenced East Africa.*Simsim, Gaza, a depopulated Arab village in what is today Israel...
- SunflowerSunflowerSunflower is an annual plant native to the Americas. It possesses a large inflorescence . The sunflower got its name from its huge, fiery blooms, whose shape and image is often used to depict the sun. The sunflower has a rough, hairy stem, broad, coarsely toothed, rough leaves and circular heads...
- CottonCottonCotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
- Onions
- RiceRiceRice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
Most of the district produce is consumed locally or sold in the urban areas within the district.