Tooro sub-region is a region in Uganda that is coterminous with Tooro Kingdom in Western Uganda.
Administrative divisions
As of 2019, the districts that constitute the Tooro sub-region include the following:
- Bunyangabu District (formerly part of Kabarole District until 2017)
- Kabarole District
- Kamwenge District (formerly part of Kabarole District until 2000)
- Kyegegwa District (formerly part of Kyenjojo District until 2009)
- Kyenjojo District (formerly part of Kabarole District until 2000)
- Kitagwenda District (formerly part of Kamwenge District until 2019)
Prior to 1993, the Tooro sub-region also included the following, which are now part of Rwenzururu sub-region:
- Bundibugyo District (formerly part of Kabarole District [then known as Tooro District] until 1974)
- Kasese District (formerly part of Kabarole District [then known as Tooro District] until 1974)
- Ntoroko District (formerly part of Bundibugyo District until 2010)
History
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 after Obudhingiya bwa Bwamba in Bundibugyo district and Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu in Kasese district became independent. The sub-region was home to an estimated 1 million people in 2002, according to the national census conducted that year.
References
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