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Northern Region

First-level unit, Uganda: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-UGA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO UGA / UGStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
10,486,056
people (GHSL 2025)
85,628 km²
area
20.7%
of Uganda
38
units inside

01Map

Inside Northern Region

The 38 ADM2 units of Northern Region.

FIG 1 · 38 units inside Northern Region
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

10,486,056

20.7% of Uganda.

People · WorldPop 2025

10,242,976

-2% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

વિસ્તાર

85,628 km²

122 people per km².

કોડ

UG-N

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Humanitarian data

Northern Region in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

9,509,382

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

3808%

of the long-term average, latest dekad. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

04Units

38 units inside Northern Region

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 · Public Domain.

Unit કોડ People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Agago – 333,339 324,736 4,019.24 83 3% 0
Aringa – 859,071 820,664 2,137.15 402 7.7% 0
Aruu – 222,531 206,533 3,054.8 73 2% 0
Aswa – 376,365 370,599 1,865.9 202 3.4% 0
Ayivu – 413,340 288,592 428.42 965 3.7% 0
Bokora – 203,467 206,070 5,143.26 40 1.8% 0
Chekwii – 167,777 145,767 2,257.18 74 1.5% 0
Chua – 249,565 239,158 4,048.83 62 2.2% 0
Dodoth – 153,230 224,507 7,319.24 21 1.4% 0
Dokolo – 304,886 311,412 1,257.73 242 2.7% 0
East Moyo – 293,284 250,428 3,163.84 93 2.6% 0
Erute – 556,176 552,771 1,342.06 414 5% 0
Jie – 263,980 215,813 3,799.05 69 2.4% 0
Jonam – 177,434 205,794 1,025.51 173 1.6% 0
Kilak – 910,228 312,891 4,442.61 205 8.2% 0
Kioga – 217,321 208,972 1,666.11 130 1.9% 0
Koboko – 299,863 287,133 700.63 428 2.7% 0
Kole – 353,955 336,720 1,027.26 345 3.2% 0
Kwania – 311,940 292,802 1,485.6 210 2.8% 0
Labwor – 191,599 162,556 2,006.39 95 1.7% 0
Lamwo – 165,581 157,767 5,250 32 1.5% 0
Madi-Okollo – 195,947 221,017 2,050.32 96 1.8% 0
Maracha – 236,392 253,405 453.67 521 2.1% 0
Maruzi – 246,825 252,840 1,896.09 130 2.2% 0
Matheniko – 140,575 134,566 3,645.69 39 1.3% 0
Moroto – 316,987 308,290 1,578.32 201 2.8% 0
Nwoya – 454,781 455,737 4,186.47 109 4.1% 0
Obongi – 35,899 37,089 773.32 46 0.3% 0
Okoro – 342,962 332,741 878.67 390 3.1% 0
Omoro – 187,937 199,327 1,180.2 159 1.7% 0
Otuke – 172,899 171,656 1,569.46 110 1.5% 0
Oyam – 543,173 531,597 2,167.06 251 4.9% 0
Padyere – 315,566 293,191 952.64 331 2.8% 0
Pian – 110,710 109,552 1,809.63 61 1% 0
Pokot – 184,957 158,831 1,845.93 100 1.7% 0
Terego – 335,745 404,538 1,113.12 302 3% 0
Vurra – 240,573 282,803 770.39 312 2.2% 0
West Moyo – 73,992 89,107 985.32 75 0.7% 0
05સંપર્કમાં આવવું

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
108.7 H3 cells
Ports
None at this resolution
Airports
None at this resolution
Major roads
2,392 H3 cells
Railways
275.4 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
651.3 H3 cells
06જોખમ

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Northern Region publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Uganda.
07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08સ્ત્રોતો

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM1, source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 (share-alike: this boundary layer is offered under the same licence) · source · represents 2017. Offered under the same licence (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0), kept as its own layer and not merged into other data.
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM2, source: geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2006
ADM3 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM3, source: Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2020
ADM4 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM4, source: Operational Data Portal Refugee Situations, UNHCR, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2019
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
દેશો
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.