Toro sub-region

Original Toro sub-region and its districts

Toro sub-region is a region in Uganda that is coterminous with Toro Kingdom in Western Uganda. The districts that constitute the sub-region include the following:

• Bunyangabu District
• Kabarole District
• Kamwenge District
• Kyegegwa District
• Kyenjojo District
• Kitagwenda District

Prior to 1967, the sub-region also included:

• Bundibugyo District
• Kasese District
• Ntoroko District

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.

Toro sub-region since 1993