Pakwach

Pakwach
Pakwach is located in Uganda
Pakwach
Pakwach
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 02°27′43″N 31°29′54″E / 2.46194°N 31.49833°E / 2.46194; 31.49833
Country Uganda
RegionNorthern Region of Uganda
Sub-regionWest Nile sub-region
DistrictPakwach District
Area
 • Total8.96 sq mi (23.2 km2)
Elevation
2,044 ft (623 m)
Population
 (2020 Estimate)
 • Total28,700
3 women walk along old railway tracks carrying spear grass to the market in Pakwach, Northern Uganda
Viewing eclipse through cellophane.

Pakwach is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main commercial, political and administrative center of Pakwach District.[1] In the 19th century the town came under brief occupation by the Ottoman branch of the Khedivate of Egypt, as part of Hatt-ı Üstuva (Equatoria) Vilayet.

  1. ^ PRO (2 July 2017). "The new Pakwach District has been operationalized". Radiopacis.org (PRO). Retrieved 5 August 2017.