Pabbo

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'''Pabbo''', sometimes spelled as Pabo,{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} is a [https://pabotc.go.ug/ town council] in Amuru District of the Northern Region of Uganda.

==Location== Pabbo is on the Gulu-Nimule Road, the main highway (A-104) between Gulu and the border with Southern Sudan at Nimule. Pabbo is approximately {{convert|39|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=Pabbo%2C%20Pabo%2C%20Northern%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJJyrED1ymcRcRBg7Yw9Hzbs4&dt2=ChIJ2UxPVfaQcRcR7frOua8eKb4 | title=Road Distance Between Pabbo And Gulu With Map | last=GFC | accessdate=23 July 2015 | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC)}}</ref> Its location is approximately {{convert|375|km|mi}}, by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.<ref>{{cite web | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC) | last=GFC | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Pabbo%2C%20Pabo%2C%20Northern%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJm7N0nQ-8fRcR7G9r2T2QOEU&dt2=ChIJ2UxPVfaQcRcR7frOua8eKb4 | accessdate=23 July 2015 | title=Road Distance Between Pabbo And Kampala With Map}}</ref> The coordinates of the town are 03 00 00N, 32 08 42E (Latitude:3.0000; Longitude:32.1450).<ref>{{google maps | url=https://www.google.co.ug/maps/place/3%C2%B000'00.0%22N+32%C2%B008'42.0%22E/@3.0017307,32.1470785,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | title=Location of Pabbo At Google Maps | accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref>

==Overview== During the Lord's Resistance Army war (1986 - 2006), Pabbo was the site of one of the largest camps for internally displaced people, swelling to over 67,000 in 2005.<ref>{{cite web | title=Study Highlights Rape In Northern Uganda's Largest IDP Camp | accessdate=23 July 2015 | date=15 June 2005 | last=UNICEF | url=http://www.unicef.org/media/media_27378.html | publisher=United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)}}</ref> Since the cessation of hostilities in 2006, some of those people have returned to their villages, with the camp's population falling to about 42,000 by 2007.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=23 July 2015 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/494030 | date=19 April 2006 | title=10,000 Leave Pabbo Camp | first=Patrick | last=Jaramogi | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723230347/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/494030 | archive-date=23 July 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2012/jan/24/northern-uganda-displaced-people-out-in-cold | title=Northern Uganda's Displaced People Are Left To Fend For Themselves | accessdate=23 July 2015 | first=Alice | date=24 January 2012 | last=Klein | newspaper=The Guardian | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Oringa |first=George |date=July 2007 |title=Uganda diaries: George Oringa This is part of a special IRIN series George Oringa |url=https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/q-and/2009/10/04/george-oringa-27-paralegal-pabbo-camp-uganda |website=The New Humanitarian}}</ref>

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

* offices of Pabbo Town Council * Pabbo central market * Gulu-Nimule Road, passing through town in a north/south direction.<ref>{{cite web | newspaper=New Vision | last=Jeff Lule | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/714483 | title=Japan And World Bank Will Finance Upgrade of Gulu-Nimule Road | date=28 March 2010 | accessdate=23 July 2015 | location=Kampala | first=and Cecilia Okoth | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903222156/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/714483 | archivedate=3 September 2014 }}</ref> * Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited area Office

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/magazine/Revisiting+a+bloody+20+year+war+through+monuments+key+sites++/-/434746/1726630/-/76mgv7/-/index.html Revisiting A Bloody 20-Year War Through Monuments, Key Sites]

{{Amuru District}} {{coord|03|00|00|N|32|08|42|E|region:UG_type:city|display=title}}

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