Atiak

{{Infobox settlement  | official_name = Atiak | other_name = | native_name =  | nickname = | settlement_type = Municipality | motto =  | image_skyline = | imagesize = Atiak Sugar Factory.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | pushpin_map = Uganda | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Uganda | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Uganda}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Northern Region of Uganda | subdivision_type2 = Sub-region | subdivision_name2 = Acholi sub-region | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Amuru | subdivision_type4 = County | subdivision_name4 = Kilak | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 =  | area_land_km2 =  | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 2014 Census | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = Ethnicities | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = Religions | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = | utc_offset = | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|03|15|33|N|32|07|23|E|region:UG|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = 850 | elevation_ft =  | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} alt=Atiak Sugar Factory.|thumb|Atiak Sugar Factory. '''Atiak''' is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda on the Gulu-Nimule Road, the primary trade route between Uganda and South Sudan.

==Location== Atiak is in Kilak County the Amuru District. It is approximately {{convert|71|km|mi}}, by road, north of Gulu, the largest city in the Acholi sub-region.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Gulu%2C%20Northern%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Atiak%2C%20Northern%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJJyrED1ymcRcRBg7Yw9Hzbs4&dt2=ChIJHYMREEEkchcRCq2NtYPAJCk | title=Road Distance Between Atiak And Gulu With Map | last=GFC | accessdate=23 July 2015 | date=23 July 2015 | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC)}}</ref> Atiak is approximately {{convert|35|km|0}} south of the South Sudanese town of Nimule at the international border with Uganda.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.unra.go.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=341:atiak-nimule-funded-by-jicagou&catid=43:on-going-projects | title=Atiak-Nimule Road (35Km): Funded By JICA And Government of Uganda | last=UNRA | publisher=Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA)}}</ref> This is approximately {{convert|407|km|0}}, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC) | accessdate=23 July 2015 | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Atiak%2C%20Northern%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJm7N0nQ-8fRcR7G9r2T2QOEU&dt2=ChIJHYMREEEkchcRCq2NtYPAJCk | date=23 July 2015 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Gulu With Map | last=GFC}}</ref> The coordinates of the town are 3°15'33.0"N, 32°07'23.0"E (Latitude:3.259167; Longitude:32.123056).<ref>{{google maps | url=https://www.google.co.ug/maps/place/3%C2%B015'33.0%22N+32%C2%B007'23.0%22E/@3.2590372,32.122793,16.72z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | title=Location of Atiak at Google Maps | accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref>

==History== Atiak was the site of the 20 April 1995 Atiak massacre in which the Lord's Resistance Army executed an estimated 300 civilian men and abducted juveniles.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=23 July 2015 |url=http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/sites/liu/files/Publications/JRP/JRP-FN4-2007.pdf |format=PDF |title=The Justice And Reconciliation Project: Field Notes - Remembering The Atiak Massacre of April 20th 1995 |last=LIGI-UBC |date=4 April 2007 |publisher=Liu Institute for Global Issues at University of British Columbia (LIGI-UBC) |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214220/http://www.ligi.ubc.ca/sites/liu/files/Publications/JRP/JRP-FN4-2007.pdf |archivedate=3 March 2016 }}</ref>

==Points of interest== The following additional points of interest lie within the town or close to its borders:

* offices of Atiak Town Council * Atiak central market * Gulu–Nimule Road, passing through the center of town in a general north/south direction.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/630948-Museveni-launches-Gulu-Juba-road-works--to-cost-sh89b.html |title=Museveni Launches Gulu-Juba Road Works, to Cost USh89 Billion |accessdate=23 July 2015 |date=10 May 2012 |last=Vision Reporter |newspaper=New Vision |location=Kampala |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707142027/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/630948-Museveni-launches-Gulu-Juba-road-works--to-cost-sh89b.html |archivedate=7 July 2014 }}</ref> * Atiak–Adjumani–Moyo–Afoji Road joins the Gulu–Nimule Road in the middle of town. * Atyak Chiefdom Headquarters (Ker Kwaro Atyak) * Tamarind Tree planted by Rwot Olya (1885 to 1923)

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==External links== *[http://www.observer.ug/component/content/article?id=15266:the-roots-of-war-atiak-massacre-new-wave-of-lra-brutality The Roots of War: Atiak Massacre, New Wave of LRA Brutality]

Category:Amuru District Category:Populated places in Northern Region, Uganda Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley