Moroto Town
{{other uses|Moroto (disambiguation)}}
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Moroto is a town in Moroto District in the Northern Region of Uganda. The town serves as the location of the district headquarters.{{cite web|accessdate=9 August 2017|date=7 October 2017| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/It-s-not-all-gloom-in-Karamoja/691232-2901596-l8ve98z/index.html| title=It's not all gloom in Karamoja|first= Joseph |last=Ssemutooke |newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}}
Location
Moroto is approximately {{convert|316|km|0}} east of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.{{google maps|access-date=28 January 2021 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gulu/Moroto/@2.3943106,32.3512423,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1771a65c0fc42a27:0xce6ef3d1c3d80e06!2m2!1d32.2880726!2d2.7724038!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Gulu, Uganda And Moroto, Uganda}} It is about {{convert|271|km|0}}, by road, northeast of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbale/Moroto/@2.1089319,34.6396593,8.75z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b6126bdea17b:0xb84df43e61b7b568!2m2!1d34.1810057!2d1.0784436!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!3e0 | title=Map Showing Mbale, Uganda And Moroto, Uganda With Route Marker |access-date=28 January 2021}}
Moroto is located approximately {{convert|528|km|0}}, by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Moroto/@1.0120303,33.40969,8z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!3e0!5i1 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Moroto, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=28 January 2021}} The geographical coordinates of Moroto Town are 2°31'48.0"N, 34°40'12.0"E (Latitude:2.5300; Longitude:34.6700).{{google maps |title=Location of Moroto Town, Northern Region, Uganda |access-date=28 January 2021 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/2%C2%B031'48.0%22N+34%C2%B040'12.0%22E/@2.5298518,34.6680867,555m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d2.53!4d34.67 }} Moroto sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1370|m}} above mean sea level.{{cite web| url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Moroto |title=Profile of Moroto, Uganda |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=28 January 2021 |author=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)) |access-date=8 January 2021 |
location=Chicago, Illinois, United States}}
Population
The 2002 national census estimated the population of Moroto at 7,380. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 11,600. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 12,300.{{cite web |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |title=Projected Population of Moroto Town In 2002, 2010 And 2011 |work=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |date=June 2011 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=31 July 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda |format=Archived from the original on 7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}
In 2014, the national population census put the population of Moroto at 14,196. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 16,300 people. The population agency calculated that the population of Moroto Town grew at an average annual rate of 2.39 percent between 2014 and 2020.{{cite web | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ |title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=14 June 2020 |
author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 January 2021 |
format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}{{Historical populations| 2002|7,380|2010|11,600|2011|12,300|2014|14,196|2020|16,300|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Transport
From the Moroto bus station, there are direct bus services to Kampala, Soroti, Mbale, Nakapiripirit, and other places in Uganda. The main road to Moroto is the Soroti-Moroto Road, which, as of January 2020, is fully paved. The Moroto–Nakapiripirit Road is fully paved as well.{{cite web | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/New-Moroto-Soroti-road-boosts-trade/688334-5422004-73ld74z/index.html |title=New Moroto-Soroti road boosts trade |newspaper=Daily Monitor | date=17 January 2020 |author=Daily Monitor |access-date=28 January 2021 |location=Kampala}} The town is also served by Moroto Airport, a public airport located about {{convert|8|km|0}} west of downtown.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Moroto/Moroto+Airport/@2.5186102,34.589521,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d7f5c35b263eb:0x5e9d672565fb85f5!2m2!1d34.5920815!2d2.5085154!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Moroto, Uganda And Moroto Airport, Uganda |access-date=28 January 2021}}
Points of interest
The additional points of interest lie within the town limits or near the edges of town: (1) the offices of Moroto Town Council (2) Mount Moroto, rising to an elevation of {{convert|3083|m|ft}} about {{convert|3|km|mi}} east of town (3) Moroto central market (4) a branch of the National Social Security Fund (5) Moroto Regional Referral Hospital, a 200-bed regional referral hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health (6) a branch of Centenary Bank and (7) a branch of Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited. (8) the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto, headed by Bishop Damiano Giulio Guzzetti.{{cite web |newspaper=Daily Monitor | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Moroto-Diocese-gets-new-bishop/-/688334/2327376/-/yb85gl/-/index.html | title=Moroto Diocese gets new bishop |author=Steven Ariong and Esther Oluka | date=27 May 2014 |access-date=21 July 2015 |location=Kampala}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Unwinding-from-Moroto-Town/-/691232/2100520/-/67bki6z/-/index.html Unwinding From Moroto Town]
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