Gulu (Uganda)

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Location of Gulu within Uganda
Basic data
District	Gulu
Geographical location	2 ° 46 ′  N , 32 ° 18 ′  E Coordinates: 2 ° 46 ′  N , 32 ° 18 ′  E
population	150,306 (2014 census)
medium height	1078  m
Precipitation	1330 mm / a
Time zone	UTC +3
UN / LOCODE	UG ULU
Telephone code	(+256) -

Gulu is a city in northwest Uganda with around 150,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Gulu district and one of the centers of the Acholi .

religion

Gulu is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Gulu .

Infrastructure

The city has a connection to the meter-gauge railway line from Pakwach (on the Albert Nile) to Tororo on the border with Kenya . In principle, there is a train connection to the capital Kampala via Tororo. The railway line had been out of service since 1993. The Rift Valley Railways financed the restart of the route to the east. After the vegetation that had grown in the meantime had been removed and the route and bridges had been repaired, the first commercial (freight) train in 20 years was able to travel on the continuous meter-gauge route from the Kenyan port of Mombasa via Nairobi and Eldoret to the Kenyan border in Tororo and on to Gulu.

aviation

The Gulu Airport has a fixed runway of 3139 m length, which was built 1959th She is said to be in bad shape. Gulu Airport is the second largest airport in Uganda after Entebbe Airport and has little international traffic.

There are trunk road connections to Pakwach , to the South Sudanese border at Nimule and to Kamudini .

Gulu is connected to the capital Kampala by a continuously paved main road.

Population development

Due to the regular influx of refugees, Gulu is now the second largest city in the country by population.

year	Residents
1991 census	38.297
2002 census	119,430
2005 estimate	146.832

climate

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	year
Precipitation in mm	10	35	85	160	200	140	155	215	165	140	95	30th	1330
Ø min. Temperature in ° C	17th	18th	18th	18th	18th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	16	17.3
Ø max. Temperature in ° C	32	32	31	29	28	28	26th	27	28	29	29	31	29.2

Musical reception

The music band BAP engaged in their song (composed by Krumminga / Niedecken ) Noh Gulu (from the Kölschen translated: After Gulu ) the situation of children at the center, the night running away from forced recruitment as child soldiers by LRA -Rebellen protection in large , military-guarded tents set up by World Vision in Gulu.

Up to 15,000 children known as "night commuters" fled to the city each night during the fighting between the UPDF and the LRA. Since the end of hostilities in late 2006, the number of "night commuters" has decreased significantly.

sons and daughters of the town

• Okot p'Bitek (1931-1982), Ugandan poet

Web links

Commons : Gulu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

1. ^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics: Area Specific Profiles: Gulu District . , P. 22.
2. ^ Uganda's Northern Line revived , Railway Gazette International, accessed October 9, 2013
3. ↑ Lyrics in Kölsch and Standard German  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Noh Gulu  
4. ↑ Booklet (supplement) for the 2008 Compact Disk Radio Pandora by BAP, page 11; and: A song for Gulu. On the road with prominent do-gooders in Africa.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The African Times April 2009 Life  
5. ↑ Gulu is Getting Back to Normal ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.