Tooro sub-region is a region in Uganda that is coterminous with Tooro Kingdom in Western Uganda.
Administrative divisions
As of 2019, the districts that constitute the Tooro sub-region include the following:
Bunyangabu District (formerly part of Kabarole District until 2017) Kabarole District Kamwenge District (formerly part of Kabarole District until 2000) Kyegegwa District (formerly part of Kyenjojo District until 2009) Kyenjojo District (formerly part of Kabarole District until 2000) Kitagwenda District (formerly part of Kamwenge District until 2019)
Prior to 1993, the Tooro sub-region also included the following, which are now part of Rwenzururu sub-region:
Bundibugyo District (formerly part of Kabarole District [then known as Tooro District] until 1974) Kasese District (formerly part of Kabarole District [then known as Tooro District] until 1974) Ntoroko District (formerly part of Bundibugyo District until 2010)
History
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.