Official Name: | Patongo |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Map of Uganda showing the location of Patongo |
Pushpin Map: | 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: | Agago District |
Population As Of: | 2009 Estimate. |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 2.76°N 33.31°W |
Elevation M: | 1035 |
Patongo is a town in Agago District, Acholi sub-region in the Northern Region of Uganda. The town is administered by Patongo Town Council.
Patongo is approximately 21.5km (13.4miles), by road, south of Agago, the site of the district headquarters.[1] The coordinates of the town are 2°45'36.0"N, 33°18'36.0"E (Latitude:2.7600; Longitude:33.3100). Patongo lies at an average elevation of 1035m (3,396feet), above sea level.[2]
The town of Patongo was formed during the 2000s along with Pader and Pader District. Initially the location of a large camp for internally displaced people as a result of the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, Patongo was granted town council status by the Ugandan parliament effective July 2010.[3] In 2010, when Pader District was divided to create Agago District,[4] [5] Patongo went with Agago District.
The following additional points of interest are located within or near the town of Patongo: