Apac District
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Apac District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. The Town of Apac hosts the district headquarters.
Location
Apac District is bordered by Oyam District to the north-east, Kole District to the north, Lira District to the north-east, Dokolo District to the east, Amolatar District to the south, Nakasongola District to the south-west, and Kiryandongo District to the west. The largest town in the district, Apac, is located approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., by road, south-west of Lira, the largest city in the Lango sub-region.[1] This location is about Script error: No such module "convert"., by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[2]
Overview
Sub-counties Ngai, Iceme, Achaba, Minakulu, and Otwal were affected by the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency[3][4]
In 2006, Apac District was split and part of it became Oyam District. In July 2010, it was further sub-divided to create Kole District.[5]
Population
The 1991 national census estimated the district population at 162,200. The 2002 national census estimated the population at 249,700. The annual population growth rate in the district between 2002 and 2012 was 3.5 percent. It was estimated that the population in 2012 was 349,000.[6]
Economic activities
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Subsistence agriculture is the major economic activity in the district. An estimated 80 percent of the district's population is engaged in subsistence agriculture, although approximately 75 percent of the work is done by women. Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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References
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