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Kaabong

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Kaabong

Total population

23,900

Air quality index

26Good
Elevation1520 m
Coordinates3.51°, 34.14°

Demographic figures from Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Elevation
1520 m

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kaabong is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the chief municipal, administrative and commercial center of the eponymous Kaabong District, and the district headquarters are located in the town.

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History & geography

History

Kaabong has been a significant trading center since at least 1900. During the early colonial period the town was as Tshudi Tshudi and served as the hub for the trade of ivory from elephants poached around Karamoja in exchange for guns imported from Ethiopia.

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Geography

Latitude
3.5092
Longitude
34.1375
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
26
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
5
PM10 (µg/m³)
6.3
Ozone (µg/m³)
32
NO₂ (µg/m³)
4

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
721
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Fan-tailed Raven
    Corvus rhipidurus Hartert, 1918 · Aves
    36
  • Superb Starling
    Lamprotornis superbus Rüppell, 1845 · Aves
    24
  • Augur Buzzard
    Buteo augur (Ruppell, 1836) · Aves
    21
  • Gray-backed Fiscal
    Lanius excubitoroides Prevost & Des Murs, 1847 · Aves
    20
  • Eastern Paradise-Whydah
    Vidua paradisaea (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    18
  • Rattling Cisticola
    Cisticola chiniana (A.Smith, 1843) · Aves
    18
  • Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
    Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    17
  • Dark Chanting-Goshawk
    Melierax metabates Heuglin, 1861 · Aves
    16

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
0
Largest magnitude
—
Largest event
—

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in Northern

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.88
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,147

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
110
Avg daily Wikipedia views
4
Attention level
Obscure

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Blue-spot Pansy
Blue-spot Pansy
Junonia oenone
Seen 2026-04-02
Common Tree Euphorbia
Common Tree Euphorbia
Euphorbia ingens
Seen 2026-01-06
Southern Tawny Eagle
Southern Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax rapax
Seen 2026-01-06
Peanut-Butter Cassia
Peanut-Butter Cassia
Senna didymobotrya
Seen 2025-01-02
Purple Roller
Purple Roller
Coracias naevius
Seen 2024-02-14
Coracias naevius naevius
Coracias naevius naevius
Coracias naevius naevius
Seen 2023-10-02
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Pternistis leucoscepus
Seen 2023-10-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • iNaturalist
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API