{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Ntoroko District | settlement_type = District | native_name = | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | image_map = Ntoroko District in Uganda.svg | map_caption = District location in Uganda | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Uganda}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Western Region | subdivision_type2 = Sub-region | subdivision_name2 = Rwenzori sub-region | seat_type = Capital | seat = Kibuuku Town Council | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = 1236 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | population_as_of = 2014 Census | population_note = | population_total = 67005 | population_metro = | population_density_km2 = 57.35 | timezone = EAT | utc_offset = +3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|01|06|N|30|24|E|region:UG_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 640 | website = {{URL|http://www.ntoroko.go.ug}} | footnotes = }} '''Ntoroko District''' is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. The district headquarters are in the Kibbuuku town council. It is the second least populated district in Uganda.
==Location== Ntoroko District is one of the two Ugandan districts west of the Rwenzori Mountains, the other being Bundibugyo District. The Ntoroko District is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west and north, separated by the winding Semuliki River, has a maritime boundary with two Bunyoro districts; Kikuube District to the north-north-east and Kagadi District to the north-east. Kabarole District to the south and east, and Bundibugyo District to the south. The town of Ntoroko (officially Kanara Town Council is approximately 84 km north-west of Fort Portal City, the regional capital by road, 111 from Bundibugyo and approximately 162 km by road, north-east of Kasese, the other larger towns in the Rwenzori sub-region<ref>{{cite web |access-date=19 January 2018 |author=Globefeed.com | url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kasese%20Post%20Office%2C%20Rwenzori%20Road%2C%20Kasese%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Ntoroko%2C%20Western%20Region%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJYabSlMf2YRcRmuO6t23YeTc&dt2=ChIJpUXgxSEIZBcR7VMMco2yfUc| title=Distance between Kasese Post Office, Rwenzori Road, Kasese, Uganda and Ntoroko, Western Region, Uganda|date=19 January 2018 |publisher=Globefeed.com}}</ref> This location is approximately {{convert|376|km|0}}, by road, west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.<ref>{{cite web|author=Globefeed.com |url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Post%20Office%20Building%2C%20Kampala%20Road%2C%20Kampala%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Ntoroko%2C%20Western%20Region%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJXyfX9IC8fRcRorrkbY-nufI&dt2=ChIJpUXgxSEIZBcR7VMMco2yfUc | title=Distance between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Ntoroko, Western Region, Uganda | publisher=Globefeed.com | access-date=19 January 2018 | date=19 January 2018}}</ref>
==Overview== The Ntoroko District was created by the Ugandan Parliament and became operational on 1 July 2010. Before that, the district was part of the Bundibugyo District.<ref>{{cite web | first=Milton Olupot and Mary Karugaba | last=Cyprian Musoke | date=22 April 2010 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/717188 | title=Government Names 14 New Districts | publisher=New Vision | access-date=20 May 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200044/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/717188 | archive-date=29 October 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Population== In 1991, the national population census estimated the district population at 24,300. The national census in 2002 estimated the population at 51,100. In 2014, the national census and household survey enumerated the district population at 67,005.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uganda-admin.php?adm2id=096 |title=The population development of Ntoroko District as well as related information and services (1991 to 2014) | publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=19 January 2018 |date=27 August 2014}}</ref>
==See also== * Districts of Uganda * Rwenzori sub-region
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130421145336/http://www.ntoroko.go.ug/ Ntoroko District Information Portal]
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Category:Ntoroko District Category:Rwenzururu sub-region Category:Districts of Uganda Category:Western Region, Uganda