Nebbi District
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Nebbi is a district in north-western Uganda. It is named after its main commercial and administrative centre, Nebbi town. The district is divided into three counties: Padyere, Okoro and Jonam – with a population of 450,000, who are predominantly Alur ethnic group.
There is a small airstrip near Nebbi town which can be reached using commercial flights from Entebbe airport. A railway link which has not run for many years used to link the district to the rest of the Uganda Railway system. Transport between Nebbi and Kampala has frequently been disrupted by the activities of the Lord's Resistance Army.
There is a Catholic Cathedral is in Nebbi town, and the Anglican diocese is based in Goli. The first Bishop of the Anglican diocese of Nebbi was Henry Luke Orombi, who is the current Archbishop of the Church of Uganda.While the first bishop of Nebbi Catholic diocese was John Baptist Odama. He is currently the Archbishop of Gulu Eclessiastical province.
There is little governmental rural development focusing on the District. However, there are some NGO development activities.
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