| Gulu District | |
| Settlement Type: | neucleated District |
| Native Name: | Acholi region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Uganda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Region of Uganda |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Agago Acholi sub-region |
| Seat: | Gulu |
| Leader Title: | LCV Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Ojara Martin Mapenduzi, 2011 - 2016 |
| Area Total Km2: | 3452.1 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 Estimate |
| Population Total: | 396500 |
| Population Density Km2: | 114.9 |
| Timezone: | EAT |
| Utc Offset: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 2.75°N 32°W |
Gulu is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. The regional headquarters are located in the city of Gulu, which is also the administrative capital of Northern Uganda. the district consists of two main divisions, Gulu West and Gulu East.
Gulu District is bordered by Lamwo District to the north, Pader District and Omoro District to the east, Oyam District to the south, Nwoya District to the southwest, and Amuru District to the west. The district headquarters in the city of Gulu are 333km (207miles), by road, north of Uganda's capital city, Kampala.[1] The coordinates of the district are, near the city of Gulu are:02°49'50.0"N, 32°19'13.0"E (Latitude:2.830556; Longitude:32.320278).
As of November 2019, the district was one of the eight districts that constituted the Acholi sub-region, the historical homeland of the Acholi ethnic group. The district is composed of Aswa County and the Gulu Municipal Council. The economic activity of 90 per cent of the population in the district is subsistence agriculture.[2]
The district has been the location of much of the fighting between the Ugandan army and the Lord's Resistance Army. Over 90 percent of the population has returned to their villages after more than two decades of living in what were known as "Internally Displaced People Camps".[3] [4]
The national census conducted in 2002 put the population at 193,337. In the 2014 national census and household survey, the population of Gulu District was enumerated at 275,613.[5]