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The 1980 famine in Karamoja was, in terms of mortality rates, one of the worst in history. [9] Twenty-one percent of the population died, including 60 percent of infants. [10] [11] Much of Karamoja remained heavily dependent on the largesse of the United Nations World Food Programme, as the region entered the second decade of the 21st century. [12]
The Nyangia tribe are among the Five Indigenous Minority Groups in Karamoja Sub-Region. A census conducted in 2014 buy Uganda National Bureau of Statistics indicates that 9,634 Nyangia people existed in the Karamoja Sub-Region. Majority of the Nyangia people live in Karenga District. [6]
Karamoja Regional Museum is a public museum in Moroto Town run under the Department of Museums and Monuments in the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities of Uganda. It also serves as a cultural center where cultural heritage in form of objects is showcased for people to access and appreciate the cultural heritage of the Karamoja sub-region.
Moroto District is part of the larger Karamoja sub-region. Moroto District is "characterized by rocky mountainous landscape with moderately low rainfall". [6] It is composed of three counties: Bokora County, Matheniko County, and Moroto Municipality. It is inhabited by the Karimojong, a distinctive ethnic group that highly cherishes its traditions.
The district is part of the Karamoja sub-region, home to an estimated 1.2 million Karimojong. Kaabong has two counties: Dodoth East County and Dodoth West County. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This is divided into one town council, Kaabong , and thirteen sub-counties: Lobalangit, Kawalako, Kapedo , Lolelia , Lodiko, Kathile , Sidok , Kalapata , Kamion, Kaabong ...
Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell (8 September 1880 – 30 June 1954), known as Karamojo Bell after the Karamoja sub-region in Uganda, which he travelled extensively, was a Scottish adventurer, big game hunter in East Africa, [3] soldier, decorated fighter pilot, sailor, writer, and painter.
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It is about 271 kilometres (168 mi), by road, northeast of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. [ 4 ] Moroto is located approximately 528 kilometres (328 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala , the capital and largest city of Uganda. [ 5 ]