Official Name: | Pabbo |
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: | Districts of Uganda |
Subdivision Name3: | Amuru District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 3°N 32.145°W |
Elevation M: | 960 |
Pabbo, sometimes spelled as Pabo, is a municipality in Amuru District of the Northern Region of Uganda.
Pabbo is on the Gulu-Nimule Road, the main highway (A-104) between Gulu and the border with Southern Sudan at Nimule. Pabbo is approximately 39km (24miles), by road, north of Gulu, the largest city in the Acholi sub-region.[1] Its location is approximately 375km (233miles), by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[2] The coordinates of the town are 03 00 00N, 32 08 42E (Latitude:3.0000; Longitude:32.1450).
During the Lord's Resistance Army war (1986 - 2006), Pabbo was the site of one of the largest camps for internally displaced people, swelling to over 67,000 in 2005.[3] Since the cessation of hostilities in 2006, some of those people have returned to their villages.[4] [5]
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to its edges: