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Aboke
Sign in to saveAboke is a town in the Kole District of the Northern Region of Uganda. It was the location of the Aboke abductions in October 1996.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Uganda
- Located in
- Kole District
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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Aboke is a town in the Kole District of the Northern Region of Uganda. It was the location of the Aboke abductions in October 1996.
==Location== Aboke is located in Akwiridid Parish, Aboke sub-county, Kole District, in the Lango sub-region, in Northern Uganda. It is approximately , by road, north-west of the city of Lira, the largest urban centre in the sub-region. This is approximately , by road, southeast of the city of Gulu, the largest urban centre in Northern Uganda. The geographical coordinates of Aboke are:02°21'28.0"N, 32°40'59.0"E (Latitude:2.357778; Longitude:32.683056). Aboke sits at an average elevation of above sea level.
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