Arua District

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Arua is a district in northwestern Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it shares its name with its administrative center, Arua town. Located in a corner of the country that borders both Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a significant amount of local economic activity is the result of cross-border trade. The district is the birthplace of former President Idi Amin. The district was a springboard for some units of the Uganda People's Defence Force who entered the DRC at the beginning of the Second Congo War. Arua is a peaceful district save for the disruption caused in the late ’90s by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels on the Karuma-Pakwach road that provides the main road link into the district.

In 2005, the northeastern part of the district was split off as a separate, new district of Koboko.

Districts of Uganda

Central: Kalangala | Kampala | Kayunga | Kiboga | Luwero | Masaka | Mityana | Mpigi | Mubende | Mukono | Nakaseke | Nakasongola | Rakai | Sembabule | Wakiso Eastern: Amuria | Budaka | Bugiri | Bukwa | Busia | Butaleja | Iganga | Jinja | Kaberamaido | Kaliro | Kamuli | Kapchorwa | Katakwi | Kumi | Manafwa | Mayuge | Mbale | Pallisa | Sironko | Soroti | Tororo Northern: Amolatar | Adjumani | Apac | Arua | Gulu | Kaabong | Kirgum | Koboko | Kotido | Lira | Moroto | Moyo | Nakapiripirit | Nebbi | Pader | Yumbe Western: Bundibugyo | Bushenyi | Hoima | Ibanda | Kabale | Kabarole | Kamwenge | Kanungu | Kasese | Kibaale | Kabingo | Kiruhura | Kisoro | Kyenjojo | Masindi | Mbarara | Ntungamo | Rukungiri

 

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