Paidha
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Paidha is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda.[1]
History
On 13 February 1965, Paidha and Goli were bombed by the Congolese Air Force in retaliation for the support of the Ugandan government for Simba rebels. The attack caused minimal damage.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Geography
Paidha is in Zombo District, West Nile sub-region. The town is near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., by road, south of Arua, the largest city in the sub-region.[2] This is approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., by road, southwest of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.[3] Zombo, the town where the district headquarters are located, is approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., by road, northwest of Paidha.[4] The coordinates of Paidha are 2°25'00.0"N, 30°59'15.0"E (Latitude:2.416667; Longitude:30.987500).[5]
Overview
Paidha is a busy border town in northwest Uganda at its border with the DRC. In 2013, it was the second-busiest border crossing between Uganda and the DRC, based on the volume of informal exports and imports.[6]
| Rank | Border town | Share of exports | Share of imports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mpondwe | 71.0% | 50.8% |
| 2 | Paidha | 6.6% | 22.6% |
| 3 | Odramachaku | 7.3% | 7.9% |
| 4 | Vurra | 3.8% | 9.0% |
| 5 | Bunagana | 3.6% | 5.6% |
| 6 | Ntoroko | 5.5% | 1.7% |
| 7 | Others | 2.2% | 2.4% |
Population
The 2002 national census estimated the population of Paidha at 24,079 and in 2010 the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, estimated the population of the town at 29,700. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of Paidha at 30,500.[7] In 2014, the population census put the population of the town at 33,426.[8]
In 2015, the population of the town was projected at 32,300. In 2020, Paidha's mid-year population was projected at 37,500. It was calculated that the population of the town increased at an average annual rate of 3.0 percent, between 2015 and 2020.[9]<templatestyles src="Module:Historical populations/styles.css"/>Script error: No such module "Historical populations".
Points of interest
The following additional points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of town:
- The offices of Paidha Town Council
- The international border between Uganda and the DRC is at Goli, about Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Paidha[10]
- Paidha Primary Teachers College, a public teacher training college administered by the Ministry of Education and Sports
- Nyagak Power Station, a 3.5 megawatt hydropower station operated by WENRECO, a subsidiary of Industrial Promotion Services[11]
- Nyagak III Power Station, a 4.36 megawatt hydropower station under development by the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited[12]
- Paidha Health Centre III[1]
See also
References
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- ↑ "THE INFORMAL CROSS BORDER TRADE SURVEY REPORT 2013", Bank of Uganda and Uganda Bureau of Statistics, November 2014, accessed 19 July 2015
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Works cited
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External links
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