Kyaka II Refugee Settlement

Kyaka II Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp in Kyegegwa District in western Uganda.[1] Kyaka II encompasses 81.5 square kilometers in the three sub counties of Mpara, Kyegegwa and Kabweza in the eponymous Kyaka county. The settlement is divided into nine zones: Sweswe, Buliti, Bukere, Mukondo, Ntababiniga, Kakoni, Bwiriza, Byabakora and Kaborogota.[2]

Kyaka II
Refugee Camp
Kyaka II
Coordinates: 0.48°N 31.05°E / 0.48; 31.05
Country Uganda
Area
  Total81.5 km2 (31.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Total28,175
  Density350/km2 (900/sq mi)

Kyaka II is managed by the UNHCR and the Ugandan Office of the Prime Minister's Department of Refugees (OPM).[2]

References

  1. "Uganda". DRC Regional Refugee Response Information Sharing Portal. UNHCR. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. Kyaka II Fact Sheet 2014 (Report). UNHCR. 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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