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Kingdom of Tooro Obukama bwa Tooro (Tooro) | |
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 Flag | |
| Anthem: "Agutamba" | |
.png) Location of the Tooro Kingdom (red) in Uganda (pink) | |
| Capital | Fort Portal |
| Official languages | Rutooro, English |
| Ethnic groups | many ethnicities but the indigenous are; Batooro, Bakonzo, Babwisi, Bamba |
| Demonym(s) | Tooro |
| Government | Constitutional monarchy |
• Omukama | Rukidi IV |
• Omuhikirwa (Prime Minister) | Steven Kiyingi |
| Independence | |
• from the Kingdom of Bunyoro | 1830, 1876 |
• Monarchy abolished | 1967 |
• Monarchy reinstated | 1993 |
| Currency | Ugandan shilling |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
| Calling code | 256 |
| Tooro | |
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| Person | Omutooro |
| People | Abatooro |
| Language | Orutooro |
| Country | Obukama bwa Tooro |
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The Tooro Kingdom[a] is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda.[1] The current Omukama of Tooro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV.[1] King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just three years, after the death of his father Omukama Patrick David Matthew Kaboyo Rwamuhokya Olimi III on August 26, 1995, at the age of 50.[1][2]
The people native to the kingdom are the Batooro, and their language is likewise called Rutooro.[1][3] The Batooro and Banyoro speak closely related languages, Rutooro and Runyoro, and share many other similar cultural traits.[3] The Batooro live on Uganda's western border, south of Lake Albert.[1]
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- ^ a b c d e "Today in History: Toro king passes on". www.newvision.co.ug. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ "The Kingdom of Toro". www.torokingdom.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ a b Turyahikayo, B. (1976). "Review of A Dynastic History "The Kingdom of Toro in Uganda"". Transafrican Journal of History. 5 (2): 194–200. ISSN 0251-0391. JSTOR 24520247.