Description
| - Gulu is a city in Northern Uganda. It is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District. The city is located at 2˚46'48N 32˚18'00E, on the metre gauge railway from Tororo to Pakwach. Gulu is located approximately 200 miles (320 km), by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The town is served by Gulu Airport.
The years since 1989 have been war ridden, with many attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army. However, since the spring of 2007, there has been relative peace since Joseph Kony, the leader of the LRA, moved to Garamba National Park, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as reported in the press.
The Acholi people are the main inhabitants of the city of Gulu (80%). The majority are Christians. There are a range of spoken languages including Luo (sometimes spelled Lwo), Swahili, English and Luganda.
During the hostilities between the Uganda People's Defense Force and the Lord's Resistance Army there were many Internally Displaced Peoples' (IDPs)...
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