Pakwach

Pakwach
Pakwach
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 02°27′43″N 31°29′54″E / 2.46194°N 31.49833°E / 2.46194; 31.49833
Country Uganda
RegionNorthern Region of Uganda
Sub-regionWest Nile sub-region
DistrictPakwach District
Area
  Total
8.96 sq mi (23.2 km2)
Elevation
2,044 ft (623 m)
Population
 (2020 Estimate)
  Total
28,700

Pakwach is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the main commercial, political and administrative center of Pakwach District. In the 19th century the town came under brief occupation by the Ottoman branch of the Khedivate of Egypt, as part of Hatt-ı Üstuva (Equatoria) Vilayet.