Originally established in 1997 to receive refugees fleeing the Second Sudanese Civil War, Maaji settlement II and III were re-opened in 2015 to host new refugee arrivals from South Sudan . While the s...

Isingiro district, in southwestern Uganda, hosts around 114,6221 refugees in two of the country's oldest refugee settlements, Nakivale and Oruchinga. Both settlements were established in the late 1950...

Adjumani district, in the West Nile region, hosts the highest number of refugee settlements (18) in the country, accommodating around 203,671 refugees. Some settlements were established in the 1980s d...

Palabek settlement was established in April 2017. Located in Lamwo district in the northern part of the country, the settlement hosts almost 38,000 South Sudanese refugees. Infrastructure is still bei...

Nakivale is considered one of the oldest refugee settlements in Uganda. It opened in 1958 and was officially established as a settlement in 1960. Today it hosts more than 100,000 refugees from Burundi...

Originally closed in 2006 after many South Sudanese refugees returned home, Olua I/II were reopened in 2012 to host another influx of South Sudanese refugees fleeing inter-communal violence

Kiryandongo refugee settlement, originally established in 1990, was re-opened in 2014 during the South Sudanese emergency and now hosts almost 60,000 refugees. The majority of refugees are from South ...

Opened in July 2016, Pagirinya settlement hosts more than 32,000 refugees displaced from South Sudan. The humanitarian response across all sectors has now stabilized and is beginning to shift beyond e...

Kampala Central division comprises the central business district of Kampala and includes the areas of Old Kampala, Nakasero and Kololo. These areas are the most upscale business and residential neighb...

Kampala, capital of and largest city in Uganda, is home to approximately 1.5 million inhabitants and hosts around 61,399 refugees, composing 5% of Kampala's population. Refugees are primarily from DRC...