Moroto Town

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'''Moroto''' is a town in [[Moroto District]] in the [[Northern Region, Uganda|Northern Region]] of [[Uganda]]. The town serves as the location of the district headquarters.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=9 August 2017|date=7 October 2017| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/It-s-not-all-gloom-in-Karamoja/691232-2901596-l8ve98z/index.html| title=It's not all gloom in Karamoja|first= Joseph |last=Ssemutooke |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | location=Kampala}}</ref>

==Location== Moroto is approximately {{convert|316|km|0}} east of [[Gulu]], the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.<ref name="3R">{{google maps|access-date=28 January 2021 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gulu/Moroto/@2.3943106,32.3512423,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1771a65c0fc42a27:0xce6ef3d1c3d80e06!2m2!1d32.2880726!2d2.7724038!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Gulu, Uganda And Moroto, Uganda}}</ref> It is about {{convert|271|km|0}}, by road, northeast of [[Mbale]], the largest city in the [[Eastern Region, Uganda|Eastern Region]] of Uganda.<ref name="4R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbale/Moroto/@2.1089319,34.6396593,8.75z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b6126bdea17b:0xb84df43e61b7b568!2m2!1d34.1810057!2d1.0784436!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!3e0 | title=Map Showing Mbale, Uganda And Moroto, Uganda With Route Marker |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>

Moroto is located approximately {{convert|528|km|0}}, by road, northeast of [[Kampala]], the capital and largest city of Uganda.<ref name="5R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Moroto/@1.0120303,33.40969,8z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!3e0!5i1 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Moroto, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> The geographical coordinates of Moroto Town are 2°31'48.0"N, 34°40'12.0"E (Latitude:2.5300; Longitude:34.6700).<ref name="6R">{{google maps |title=Location of Moroto Town, Northern Region, Uganda |access-date=28 January 2021 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/2%C2%B031'48.0%22N+34%C2%B040'12.0%22E/@2.5298518,34.6680867,555m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d2.53!4d34.67 }}</ref> Moroto sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1370|m}} above [[mean sea level]].<ref name="7R">{{cite web| url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Moroto |title=Profile of Moroto, Uganda |publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |date=28 January 2021 |author=((The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica)) |access-date=8 January 2021 | location=Chicago, Illinois, United States}}</ref>

==Population== The 2002 national census estimated the population of Moroto at 7,380. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 11,600. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 12,300.<ref name="8R">{{cite web |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |title=Projected Population of Moroto Town In 2002, 2010 And 2011 |work=[[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] |date=June 2011 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=31 July 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda |format=Archived from the original on 7 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014, the national population census put the population of Moroto at 14,196. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 16,300 people. The population agency calculated that the population of Moroto Town grew at an average annual rate of 2.39 percent between 2014 and 2020.<ref name="1R">{{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 |date=14 June 2020 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=28 January 2021 | format=Citypopulation.de Quoting [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>{{Historical populations| 2002|7,380|2010|11,600|2011|12,300|2014|14,196|2020|16,300|||align=none|footnote=source:<ref name="1R"/><ref name="8R"/>}}

==Transport== From the Moroto bus station, there are direct bus services to [[Kampala]], [[Soroti]], [[Mbale]], [[Nakapiripirit]], and other places in Uganda. The main road to Moroto is the [[Soroti–Katakwi–Moroto–Lokitanyala Road|Soroti-Moroto Road]], which, as of January 2020, is fully paved. The [[Moroto–Nakapiripirit Road]] is fully paved as well.<ref name="9R">{{cite web | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/New-Moroto-Soroti-road-boosts-trade/688334-5422004-73ld74z/index.html |title=New Moroto-Soroti road boosts trade |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | date=17 January 2020 |author=Daily Monitor |access-date=28 January 2021 |location=Kampala}}</ref> The town is also served by [[Moroto Airport]], a public airport located about {{convert|8|km|0}} west of downtown.<ref name="10R">{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Moroto/Moroto+Airport/@2.5186102,34.589521,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d78472f061321:0x5eeb7a7b1c21a0ba!2m2!1d34.6579985!2d2.5282234!1m5!1m1!1s0x179d7f5c35b263eb:0x5e9d672565fb85f5!2m2!1d34.5920815!2d2.5085154!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Moroto, Uganda And Moroto Airport, Uganda |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref>

[[File:Moroto Post Office.jpg|thumb|left|Moroto Post Office, with Mount Moroto in the background]]

==Points of interest== The additional points of interest lie within the town limits or near the edges of town: (1) the offices of Moroto Town Council (2) [[Mount Moroto]], rising to an elevation of {{convert|3083|m|ft}} about {{convert|3|km|mi}} east of town (3) Moroto central market (4) a branch of the [[National Social Security Fund (Uganda)|National Social Security Fund]] (5) [[Moroto Regional Referral Hospital]], a 200-bed regional referral hospital administered by the [[Uganda Ministry of Health]] (6) a branch of [[Centenary Bank]] and (7) a branch of [[Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited]]. (8) the headquarters of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Moroto]], headed by Bishop [[Damiano Giulio Guzzetti]].<ref>{{cite web |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Moroto-Diocese-gets-new-bishop/-/688334/2327376/-/yb85gl/-/index.html | title=Moroto Diocese gets new bishop |author=Steven Ariong and Esther Oluka | date=27 May 2014 |access-date=21 July 2015 |location=Kampala}}</ref>

==See also== * [[Karamoja sub-region]] * [[List of cities and towns in Uganda]]

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==External links== *[http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Unwinding-from-Moroto-Town/-/691232/2100520/-/67bki6z/-/index.html Unwinding From Moroto Town]

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