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Kigezi sub-region


Kigezi sub-region is a region in Western Uganda that consists of the following districts:

The area covered by the above districts constituted the former Kigezi District. The sub-region is further divided into the following counties:

The sub-region was home to approximately 1.2 million inhabitants, according to the 2002 national census. The majority of the inhabitants of the sub-region belong to three major ethnic groups: (a) the Bakiga, the Bahororo and Banyarwanda. Other ethnicities include (d) the Batwa, the Bafumbira and others. The inhabitants of the sub-region also collectively refer to themselves as Abanyakigezi (singular Omunyakigezi).

Coordinates: 01°12′S 30°00′E / 1.200°S 30.000°E / -1.200; 30.000


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