Kumi District

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Basic data
Capital Kumi (city)
Geographical center 1 ° 29 ′  N , 33 ° 56 ′  E Coordinates: 1 ° 29 ′  N , 33 ° 56 ′  E
surface 1,055 km²
population 255,500 (as of 2012 estimate)
Population density 242.2 inhabitants / km²
Time zone UTC +3
ISO 3166-2 UG-208

Kumi is a district in eastern Uganda . Like almost all districts of Uganda, it is named after its capital . The district's population was estimated at around 255,500 in 2012, the majority of whom belong to the Iteso ethnic group.

geography

Kumi is bordered by the Nakapiripirit district and the Bukedea district to the east, the Pallisa district to the south, the Ngora district to the west and the Katakwi district to the north . It is part of the Teso sub-region.

In the north the district borders on Lake Bisina and Opeta, in the west on Lake Nyaguo. At its northeasternmost point, the Kumi District owns a share of the Pian-Upe Game Reserve .

Out of 1055 km² of the district, 153 km² are water or swamp areas. This corresponds to 14.5% of the district area.

history

Originally, Kumi was part of the Teso District, which comprised what is now the Teso sub-region. In 1975 it was given the status of a district under the name of South Teso and was renamed Kumi in 1980. At that time, the Kumi district was divided into the three counties Kumi, Bukedea and Ngora. Bukedea and Ngora each received district status in 2007 and 2010, respectively. At the last census in 2002, the then County Kumi, which included the area of ​​today's district, had 165,365 inhabitants.

Administrative division

Since 2010, the Kumi district has consisted of 7 sub-counties, which in turn are divided into 83 parishes. Below the municipal level are the 170 villages of the district. The sub-counties are: Atutur, Kanyum, Kumi, Mukongoro, Nyero and Ongino and the city of Kumi. The city of Kumi is also the seat of the district administration.

traffic

The Mbale-Soroti Road, the most important traffic artery in northeast Uganda, crosses the Kumi district from southeast to northwest and passes Kumi town. It is also currently the district's only paved rural road and is used by long-distance buses to Soroti , Mbale and Kampala .

Unpaved roads also connect Kumi with Pallisa in the south and Ngora in the west. Boats to the Katakwi district travel across Lake Bisina.

The Tororo-Gulu railway line, reopened in 2013, crosses Kumi parallel to Mbale-Soroti Road from southeast to northwest. However, the irregular freight traffic on the route does not currently serve the Kumi-Stadt stop.

Education, health and business

The district's health care center is formed by the District State Hospital and a private hospital in Kumi City. In addition, there are 6 larger clinics (Health Center III) and 8 smaller clinics (Health Center II) in the district.

The Kumi district has around 109 primary and 11 secondary schools, the majority of which are state-sponsored. There is also a state technical school in the district.

The private Kumi University opened near Nyero in 2004 and had more than 1000 students in 2012.

The district is predominantly agricultural. Only in Kumi-Stadt do trade, transport and the education sector form important economic sectors.

Others

Detail from panel 2 of the rock paintings in Nyero, Kumi District, Uganda

The rock paintings of Nyero, one kilometer west of the village of Nyero and eight kilometers west of the town of Kumi, are the most impressive and best developed of their kind in Uganda. They are one of the few tourist attractions in the region and consist of several rock overhangs painted with stylized people and animals as well as abstract symbols. While the age of the rock paintings is quantified very differently, it is largely undisputed that they were painted by an unknown ethnic group with a small body, who inhabited the region before the settlement by the Iteso about 250 years ago. They may have been related to the Twa in what is now Rwanda.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uganda-admin.php?adm2id=021
  2. http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Kumu--The-home-of-Nyero-Rock-paintings/-/688342/2035366/-/xipkiiz/-/index.html
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