Kisoro

Location of Kisoro in Uganda

Kisoro is a town in southwestern Uganda at the foot of the Virunga volcanoes near the border with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with 11,328 inhabitants. It is the capital of the district of Kisoro.

The city has a small airfield. Economically important tourism is to the mountain gorillas in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in the Virunga mountains.

Trunk road connections are available to Muko, Ruhengeri in Rwanda and Rutushuru in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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