Lira

E329618

Lira is a major town in northern Uganda that serves as an important commercial and administrative center for the surrounding region.

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Label Occurrences
Lira canonical 15

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
adminCenterOf Lango sub-region ⓘ
Lira District ⓘ
administrativeLevel municipality ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 2.25 N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 32.90 E ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
currencyUsed Ugandan shilling ⓘ
distanceFromKampala approximately 340 km by road ⓘ
economicActivity agricultural produce marketing ⓘ
light manufacturing ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroupDominant Langi ⓘ
governingBody Lira Municipal Council ⓘ
hasAirport Lira Airport ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasHealthFacility Lira Regional Referral Hospital ⓘ
linked to: Lira District
hasInstitution Lira University ⓘ
hasMarket Lira Main Market ⓘ
hasRole administrative center ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ
hasService banking services ⓘ
public transportation ⓘ
telecommunications services ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Lango ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
locatedIn Lango sub-region ⓘ
Northern Region, Uganda ⓘ
nearbyCity Gulu ⓘ
nearbyTown Apac ⓘ
linked to: Apac District

Dokolo ⓘ
partOf Northern Uganda ⓘ
populationTrend growing urban population ⓘ
regionServed Lango sub-region ⓘ
parts of Northern Uganda ⓘ
religionMajority Christianity ⓘ
roadConnection Kampala–Gulu Highway (via branching roads) ⓘ
servedBy Uganda National Roads Network ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
urbanStatus major town in Northern Uganda ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

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