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Region of Uganda
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Eastern Uganda is a region of Uganda.
By road
The main highway from Kampala to Jinja and onward to Kenya is the principal road route into the region. Other major roads connect Jinja with Mbale, Tororo, Soroti and surrounding districts.
By bus
Long-distance buses and minibuses connect major towns in Eastern Uganda with Kampala and other parts of the country.
By train
Uganda's railway network includes routes serving the Kampala–Jinja corridor, although passenger services and schedules can vary.
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the source of the Nile
border town.
Mbale is a district in Eastern Uganda.
Soroti is a city in Eastern Uganda that was angulated in 2020. It serves as the primary urban, business, and administrative hub within the delineated area of Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region.
Tororo is in Eastern Uganda.
Mount Elgon National Park is a park straddling the border of Uganda and Kenya most known in Uganda for being the location of Sipi Falls.
Nyero Rock Paintings is an archaeological and sacred cultural site near Kumi in Eastern Uganda. Its granite shelters contain red and white geometric paintings, including distinctive concentric circles, curved lines and elongated forms whose meaning remains uncertain.
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