Parombo
town in Uganda
Parombo is a town in the West Nile sub-region of the Northern Region of Uganda.
Location
Parombo is located in Padyere County, Parombo Town Council, in Nebbi District, in northwestern Uganda. It is approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi), by road, north of the international border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This location is approximately 34 kilometres (21 mi), by road, southeast of Nebbi, where the district headquarters are located. The geographical coordinates of Parombo are:02°18'13.0"N, 31°12'11.0"E (Latitude:2.303611; Longitude:31.203056). Parombo sits at an average elevation of 969 metres (3,179 ft) above sea level.
Overview
Parombo is divided into six administrative divisions; namely (a) Parwo (b) Pagwata (c) Ossi (d) Padel (e) Pangarere and (f) Pulum.
The growing urban area has a town board.
Population
The national population census and household survey, carried out on 27 August 2014, enumerated the population of Parombo Subcounty at 41,286 people. This population is mainly rural and the urban centre is a much smaller fraction of the sub-county.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Parombo” as town in Uganda. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as town in Uganda. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 3, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q27962137. Authority coordinates are 2.302, 31.203. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2014.
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