Atiak Explained

Official Name:Atiak
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Uganda
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uganda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uganda
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Northern Region of Uganda
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Acholi sub-region
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Amuru
Subdivision Type4:County
Subdivision Name4:Kilak
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2014 Census
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:3.2592°N 32.1231°W
Elevation M:850

Atiak is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda on the Gulu-Nimule Road, the primary trade route between Uganda and South Sudan.

Location

Atiak is in Kilak County the Amuru District. It is approximately 71km (44miles), by road, north of Gulu, the largest city in the Acholi sub-region.[1] Atiak is approximately 35km (22miles) south of the South Sudanese town of Nimule at the international border with Uganda.[2] This is approximately 407km (253miles), north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] The coordinates of the town are 3°15'33.0"N, 32°07'23.0"E (Latitude:3.259167; Longitude:32.123056).

History

Atiak was the site of the 20 April 1995 Atiak massacre in which the Lord's Resistance Army executed an estimated 300 civilian men and abducted juveniles.[4]

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest lie within the town or close to its borders:

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Road Distance Between Atiak And Gulu With Map . GFC . 23 July 2015 . 23 July 2015 . Globefeed.com (GFC).
  2. Web site: Atiak-Nimule Road (35Km): Funded By JICA And Government of Uganda . UNRA . Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA).
  3. Web site: Globefeed.com (GFC) . 23 July 2015 . Road Distance Between Kampala And Gulu With Map . 23 July 2015 . GFC.
  4. Web site: 23 July 2015 . The Justice And Reconciliation Project: Field Notes - Remembering The Atiak Massacre of April 20th 1995 . PDF . LIGI-UBC . 4 April 2007 . Liu Institute for Global Issues at University of British Columbia (LIGI-UBC) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214220/http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/sites/liu/files/Publications/JRP/JRP-FN4-2007.pdf . 3 March 2016 .
  5. Web site: Museveni Launches Gulu-Juba Road Works, to Cost USh89 Billion . 23 July 2015 . 10 May 2012 . Vision Reporter . . Kampala . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707142027/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/630948-Museveni-launches-Gulu-Juba-road-works--to-cost-sh89b.html . 7 July 2014 .