Kigezi sub-region
Kigezi sub-region is a region in Western Uganda that consists of the following districts:
Kigezi (red)
The area covered by the above districts constituted the former Kigezi District. The sub-region is further divided into the following counties:
- Rukiga County in Kabale District
- Ndorwa County in Kabale District
- Rubanda County in Kabale District
- Kinkizi County in Rukungiri District
- Rujumbura County in Rukungiri District
- Kisoro County in Kisoro District
The sub-region was home to approximately 1.2 million inhabitants, according to the 2002 national census.[1] 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).[2]
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