Lango sub-region

Lango sub-region is a region in Uganda covering an area of 15,570.7km consisting of the districts of:

• Alebtong
• Amolatar
• Apac
• Dokolo
• Kole
• Lira
• Oyam
• Otuke
• Kwania

Lango Sub-region

A road in rural Lango

Community leaders in Lango

It covers the area previously known as Lango District until 1974, when it was split into the districts of Apac and Lira, and subsequently into several other districts. The sub-region is home mainly to the Lango ethnic group.

At the 2002 national census, it had a population of about 1.5 million people. As of July 2018, its population was an estimated 2.3 million, about 5.75% of the estimated 40 million Ugandans at the time.^[1]

See also

• Districts of Uganda