Toro sub-region

Toro sub-region is a region in Uganda that is coterminous with Toro Kingdom in Western Uganda. The districts that constitute the sub-region include the following:

Original Toro sub-region and its districts

Prior to 1967, the sub-region also included:

In 1967, Milton Obote abolished the Uganda traditional monarchies. When Yoweri Museveni restored them in 1993, the sub-region had shrunk to its present size. The sub-region was home to an estimated 1 million people in 2002, according to the national census conducted that year.

Toro sub-region since 1993

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