Lira, Uganda

Location of Lira in Uganda

Lira ( official spelling, though many Baganda in Kampala city Lila name ) is a city in northern Uganda with 119 302 inhabitants. It is the third largest city of Uganda and the capital of the district lira and the center of the people of the Langi. Lira has the status of a Municipality ( LC4 ).

Boroughs

The city is divided into Central - Ojwina - Adyel - and Railways Division. In the north of the city of Ngetta -Hill rises ( 1245 m asl ).

History

In Lira met during the 20 - year civil war over and over again militant representatives of the warring ethnic groups Lango, the center of the district capital is Lira and Acholi each other. Also, it came regularly to violence between the Ugandan government army and rebels of the Lord 's Resistance Army (LRA). The town of Lira grew during this period by the displaced persons from the original 90,000 to approximately 190,000.

Religion

Lira is Roman Catholic bishop of the diocese lira. This, together with Arua and Nebbi suffragan of the Archdiocese of Gulu. There is also a civil parish in the city of evangelical Christians of the Pentecostal movement.

Demographics

Economy and infrastructure

The city has connection to the railroad of the Uganda railway from Pakwach after Mbale, but which is not used for several years, there has also been an aircraft runway, which is only approved for domestic flights and is served by charter flight companies. Daily train on regional buses to Kampala and minibuses ( matatus ) to Gulu, Soroti and Mbale. In cities, taxis are readily (Special hire ) and motorcycle taxis ( boda bodas - ).

The most important business enterprises was the Lira Spinning Mill, a company of the textile industry, the largest in East Africa, which was closed due to the collapse of the cotton market in 1984. After the formerly state-owned company was taken over and modernized in 2005 by the joint venture Jinda International Textile Corporation Ltd ( JITCO ), it had to close in March 2005 due to lack of cotton from the north.

The Ugandan health care is inadequate due to the many people refugees. European carriers have therefore taken the care in the district capital. The Lira Clinic, a project of the " people's mission decisively Christians" ( VMEC ), headquartered in Stuttgart, is the most important non- Ugandan device, in addition to the mobile field operations of "Doctors Without Borders ".

Personalities

  • John Akii - Bua (1949-1997), athlete, the 400 -meter hurdles of the men ran at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 in a world record time of 47.82 seconds and won first runner from Uganda a gold medal at the Olympic Games.

Comments

  • Location in Uganda
  • Place in Africa
Districts of Uganda Lira District Langi people Acholi people Roman Catholic Diocese of Lira Roman Catholic Diocese of Arua Roman Catholic Diocese of Nebbi Suffragan diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gulu Bodaboda
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