Arua
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Place details
- Locality
- Arua City
- Region
- Northern Region
- Country
- Uganda
- Population
- 72,400
- Timezone
- Africa/Kampala
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Arua
- Settlement.other_name
- Ojiodri
- Settlement.motto
- Peace, Justice & Prudence
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- Motorcyclists in Arua Town.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main Street in Arua
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- Uganda
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- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Uganda
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- 25px Uganda
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Northern Region
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Uganda
- Located in
- Arua District
- Population
- +384656
- Elevation
- +1195
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Arua District
- Official website
- aruacity.go.ug
- Image
- Line for meningitis vaccinations in Arua, Uganda.jpg
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- Location
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- Population
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- Other business and educational activities
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Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda.
==Location== Arua is approximately north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west of Gulu, the largest city in Uganda's Northern Region. The geographical coordinates of the city of Arua are 03°02'07.0"N, 30°54'39.0"E (Latitude:3.035278; Longitude:30.910833). Arua sits at an average elevation of above sea level. Arua is closely bordered to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west and South Sudan in the north, which makes it a strategic location for business between Uganda and her two neighbors to the west and north.