The Toro people, Tooro people or Batooro are a Bantu ethnic group, native to Tooro Kingdom, a subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda. Their language is called Rutooro. It closely resembles Runyoro, spoken in the neighboring kingdom of Bunyoro. A combined language is called Runyoro/Rutooro.
As of December 2014[update] the following administrative districts constitute the Tooro Kingdom: (a) Kabarole District (b) Kamwenge District (c) Kyegegwa District and (d) Kyenjojo District. Those four districts had a combined total population of about 1 million people, according to the 2002 national population census.
The following individuals are some of the prominent Batooro: