Nwoya


Nwoya is a town in Nwoya District in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial centre of the district.

Location

Nwoya is on the main Gulu-Arua road, approximately, by road, southwest of Gulu, the largest city in the Acholi sub-region. This is approximately, by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.
The coordinates of the town are 2°38'06.0"N, 32°00'00.0"E. Nwoya Town lies at an average elevation of above sea level.

Overview

The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of the town: headquarters of Nwoya District Administration The offices of Nwoya Town Council Nwoya central market and the Acholibur–Gulu–Olwiyo Road, arriving into town from Gulu in a north-south direction and leaves towards Olwiyo in a northeast-southwest direction.
The challenges that Nwoya Town faces include inadequate garbage collection and disposal insufficient of public toilets downtown inability to restrict roaming of domestic cows, goats, sheep, chicken and ducks inadequate water supply lack of public street lighting inadequate security at night lack of public municipal drainage poor road network and noise pollution.