Luweero District is bordered byNakasongola Districtto the north,Kayunga Districtto the east,Mukono Districtto the southeast,Wakiso Districtto the south, andNakaseke Districtto the west. The district headquarters at Luweero are approximately 75 kilometres (47 mi), by road, north ofKampala,Uganda's capital and largest city.[1]The coordinates of the district are 00 50N, 32 30E (Latitude:0.8333; Longitude:32.500).[2]
Luweero District was the site of a fierce insurgency by the rebel groupNational Resistance Armyand a brutal counter-insurgency by the government ofMilton Obote,known as theLuweero Waror the "Bush War", that left many thousands of civilians dead during the early to mid-1980s. The area affected by the war has come to be known as theLuweero Triangle.In 2005, Nakaseke County was split from Luweero District to form Nakaseke District. Luweero District is administered by the Luweero District Administration, with headquarters atLuweero.There are several town councils within the district, each with its own urban town council:
The 1991 national census estimated the population of the district at 255,400. The national census conducted in 2002 estimated the population at 341,300. In 2012, the population was estimated at 440,200.[3]The August 2014 national population census enumerated the population at 458,158.[4]
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