Kamuli district
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Location of Kamuli |
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Capital | Kamuli |
Geographical center | 1 ° 8 ′ N , 33 ° 12 ′ E |
North South expansion | 88 km |
East-west expansion | 75 km |
surface | 4,301.5 km² |
population | 712,079 (as of 2002) |
Population density | 165.5 inhabitants / km² |
Time zone | UTC +3 |
ISO 3166-2 | UG-205 |
Kamuli is a district of Uganda and is located on the right bank of the Nile . According to the 2002 census, Kamuli has 712,079 inhabitants on an area of 4301.5 km². The main town is the eponymous Kamuli . The district formerly belonged to the Kingdom of Busoga .
89% of the population belongs to the Basoga , other groups are Bagungu , Iteso , Baganda and Samia .
It borders on Lake Kioga in the north , the adjacent districts are clockwise in the north beginning Soroti , Pallisa , Iganga , Jinja , Kayunga and Lira .