Kigezi sub-region

Kigezi sub-region is a region in Western Uganda that consists of the following districts:


 * Kabale District
 * Kanungu District
 * Kisoro District
 * Rukungiri District

The area covered by the above districts constituted the former Kigezi District. The sub-region is further divided into the following counties:


 * 1) Rukiga County in Kabale District
 * 2) Ndorwa County in Kabale District
 * 3) Rubanda County in Kabale District
 * 4) Kinkizi County in Rukungiri District
 * 5) Rujumbura County in Rukungiri District
 * 6) Kisoro County in Kisoro District

The sub-region was home to approximately 1.2 million inhabitants, according to the 2002 national census. The majority of the inhabitants of the sub-region belong to three major ethnic groups: (a) the Bakiga, the Bahororo and Banyarwanda. Other ethnicities include(d) the Batwa, the Bafumbira and others. The inhabitants of the sub-region also collectively refer to themselves as Abanyakigezi (singular Omunyakigezi).