Districts of Uganda


is divided into 134 districts and the capital city of Kampala, which are grouped into four administrative regions.
Since 2005, the Ugandan government has been in the process of dividing districts into smaller units. This decentralization is intended to prevent resources from being distributed primarily to chief towns and leaving the remainder of each district neglected.
Each district is further divided into counties and municipalities, and each county is further divided into sub-counties. The head elected official in a district is the chairperson of the Local Council five.
Below are population figures from the 2014 census.

New Districts

In September 2015, the Ugandan Parliament created 23 new districts, to be phased in over the next four years:
Date effectiveNew districtParent district
1 July 2016KagadiKibaale
1 July 2016KakumiroKibaale
1 July 2016OmoroGulu
1 July 2016RubandaKabale
1 July 2017NamisindwaManafwa
1 July 2017PakwachNebbi
1 July 2017ButeboPallisa
1 July 2017RukigaKabale
1 July 2017KyoteraRakai
1 July 2017BunyangabuKabarole
1 July 2018NabilatukNakapiripirit
1 July 2018BugweriIganga
1 July 2018KasandaMubende
1 July 2018KwaniaApac
1 July 2018KapelebyongAmuria
1 July 2018KibuubeHoima
1 July 2019ObongiMoyo
1 July 2019KazoKiruhura
1 July 2019RwamparaMbarara
1 July 2019KitagwendaKamwenge
1 July 2019Madi-OkolloArua
1 July 2019KarengaKaabong
1 July 2019LusotMoroto


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