# Atiak
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alt=Atiak Sugar Factory.|thumb|Atiak Sugar Factory.
'''Atiak''' is a town in the [Northern Region](/source/Northern_Region%2C_Uganda) of [Uganda](/source/Uganda) on the Gulu-Nimule Road, the primary trade route between Uganda and [South Sudan](/source/South_Sudan).
==Location==
Atiak is in Kilak County the [Amuru District](/source/Amuru_District). It is approximately {{convert|71|km|mi}}, by road, north of [Gulu](/source/Gulu), the largest city in the [Acholi sub-region](/source/Acholi_sub-region).[{{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)}}] Atiak is approximately {{convert|35|km|0}} south of the South Sudanese town of [Nimule](/source/Nimule) at the international border with Uganda.[{{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](/source/Uganda_National_Roads_Authority) (UNRA)}}] This is approximately {{convert|407|km|0}}, north of [Kampala](/source/Kampala), Uganda's capital and largest city.[{{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}}] The coordinates of the town are 3°15'33.0"N, 32°07'23.0"E (Latitude:3.259167; Longitude:32.123056).[{{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}}]
==History==
Atiak was the site of the 20 April 1995 [Atiak massacre](/source/Atiak_massacre) in which the [Lord's Resistance Army](/source/Lord's_Resistance_Army) executed an estimated 300 civilian men and abducted juveniles.[{{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 }}]
==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](/source/Gulu%E2%80%93Nimule_Road), passing through the center of town in a general north/south direction.[{{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](/source/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
}}]
* [Atiak–Adjumani–Moyo–Afoji Road](/source/Atiak%E2%80%93Adjumani%E2%80%93Moyo%E2%80%93Afoji_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)
==See also==
* [List of cities and towns in Uganda](/source/List_of_cities_and_towns_in_Uganda)
* [List of roads in Uganda](/source/List_of_roads_in_Uganda)
== References ==
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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
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