Pabbo | |
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Municipality | |
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Coordinates: 03°00′00″N 32°08′42″E / 3.00000°N 32.14500°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Northern Region of Uganda |
Sub-region | Acholi sub-region |
Districts of Uganda | Amuru District |
Elevation | 3,150 ft (960 m) |
Pabbo, sometimes spelled as Pabo,[citation needed] is a municipality in Amuru District of the Northern Region of Uganda.
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 39 kilometres (24 mi), by road, north of Gulu, the largest city in the Acholi sub-region.[1] Its location is approximately 375 kilometres (233 mi), by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[2] The coordinates of the town are 03 00 00N, 32 08 42E (Latitude:3.0000; Longitude:32.1450).[3]
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.[4] Since the cessation of hostilities in 2006, some of those people have returned to their villages.[5][6]
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to its edges: