{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Kotido | image_skyline = Kotido (5).jpg | nickname = | image_flag = | image_caption = Kotido | image_seal = | image_map = | mapsize = 150px | pushpin_map_caption = Map of Uganda showing the location of Kotido. | pushpin_map = Uganda | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Uganda}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Uganda|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region of Uganda]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Karamoja sub-region]] | subdivision_type3 = [[District]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Kotido District]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2024 Census | population_urban = | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities | title = The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections | publisher = Citypopulation.de Quoting [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] | date = 14 June 2020 | author = Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> | population_total = 53888 | population_metro = | timezone = [[East Africa Time|EAT]] | utc_offset = +3 | coordinates = {{coord|03|00|22|N|34|06|45|E|display=inline}} | elevation_m = 1260 | latitude = | longitude = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:Joe kotido 1.jpg|thumb|Homes in Kotido]] [[File:Shepherd in Kotido.jpg|thumb|Goat rearing in Kotido]] '''Kotido''' is a town in the [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region]] of [[Uganda]]. It is the chief municipal, administrative, and commercial center of the [[Kotido District]] and the site of the district headquarters.
==Location== Kotido lies approximately {{convert|107|km|mi}} northwest of [[Moroto Town|Moroto]], the largest urban centre in the [[Karamoja sub-region]]<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Moroto/Kotido/@2.7527832,34.0548807,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!1m5!1m1!1s0x177673048f915a35:0x6d7da0215fe793!2m2!1d34.1114621!2d3.0062022!3e0?entry=ttu | title=Road Distance Between Moroto, Uganda And Kotido, Uganda | access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> and {{convert|479|km|mi}} northeast of [[Kampala]], Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref>{{google maps| title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Kotido | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Kotido/@2.5446933,34.3708355,8.14z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5816313!2d0.3151692!3m4!1m2!1d33.5083071!2d0.627747!3s0x177ef20aa2936aa7:0x8c6ce86a9451fda9!1m5!1m1!1s0x177673048f915a35:0x6d7da0215fe793!2m2!1d34.1114621!2d3.0062022!3e0?entry=ttu | access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> The coordinates of the town are 3°00'21.6"N, 34°06'45.0"E (Latitude:3.0060; Longitude:34.1125).<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/3%C2%B000'21.6%22N+34%C2%B006'45.0%22E/@3.006,34.1125,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0| title=Location of Kotido At Google Maps|access-date=13 July 2015}}</ref>
==Population== The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town of Kotido at 12,900. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 21,500 in 2010. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 22,900.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |title=Estimated Population of Kotido In 2002, 2010 And 2011 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |accessdate=3 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archivedate= 7 July 2014 }}</ref>
==Points of interest== The following additional points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of towne: * offices of Kotido Town Council * Kotido central market * [[Kotido Airport]], a civilian airport administered by the [[Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda]] * confluence of three major roads in the center of Kotido: ** [[Kaabong]]-Kotido road ** Kotido-Moroto road ** Kotido-Pader-Palwo road * headquarters of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotido]].
==Mars crater== On October 24, 2017 a [[crater]] on [[Mars]] was [[List of craters on Mars: H–N|named after the town]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15696|title=Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Kotido on Mars}}</ref>
==See also== *[[Karimojong]] *[[List of cities and towns in Uganda]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.unicef.org/uganda/6007_12089.html Japan-funded Water Project Launched in Kotido Town Council]
{{Authority control}} {{Kotido District}} {{coord|03|00|22|N|34|06|45|E|display=title}}
[[Category:Populated places in Northern Region, Uganda]] [[Category:Kotido District]] [[Category:Kotido|Kotido]] [[Category:Karamoja]]