Karago
settlement in Uganda
Karago was a municipality in the Western Region of Uganda. In 2019, Karago was annexed by the city of Fort Portal, as part of the award of Tourism City status. It became a neighborhood in the Northern Division of Fort Portal City.
Location
Karago Municipality was located in Karago Parish, Bukuku subcounty, Burahya County, in Kabarole District, in the Toro sub-region, in the Western Region of Uganda.
The neighborhood lies along the Fort Portal–Bundibugyo–Lamia Road, approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of the city center of Fort Portal, of which it is now a component. The geographical coordinates of Karago are:0°40'37.0"N, 30°11'48.0"E (Latitude: 0.676944; Longitude: 30.196667).
Overview
Karago is a growing urban neighborhood in Fort Portal City, the capital of Kabarole District and the largest city in the Toro sub-region. Online sources report the area size of the neighborhood as 14.7 square kilometres (6 sq mi). In 2015, the population of Karago was estimated at 12,045, of whom 6,127 (50.9 percent) were female and 5,918 (49.1 percent) were male.
Karago Drinking Water Supply Project
The government of Uganda (GOU), through the Ugandan Ministry of Water and Environment carried out the first phase of bringing potable water to Karago.
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