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Inomo Sub County

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Location;

Inomo Sub County is located in the North of Kwania District and lies in the Kwania north Constituency with GPS reading of 420946Nand 306243E. It is bordered by Bala Sub County, Kole District in the north, Aduku Sub County in the East, Chegere Sub County in the West and Apac Sub County in the South West and Inomo Town Council in the South.

The Sub County office is located in Ajok parish, Lwala A village, about 20 kilometers off Aduku Town Council and 30 km from Apac District headquarters on road junction of Aduku-Teboke and Aluka-Inomo-Apac via Atar. Its total land area is estimated at 177.9KM2 Apac – Lira road with a density of 199.4 KM2

Size;

The size of the Sub County was 177.9 square kilometers before the curvature of Inomo Town Council.

Demographic Characteristics;

Basing on the 2020 Uganda National Bureau of statistics of 2020 demographic projection, Inomo Sub County has a population of 35,000 where males are 17,300 and Females are 17,700 aggregated as 13500:13800, male and female respectively, currently, from the birth registration exercise conducted in April 2012, the population stands at 30,106, with gender disaggregation of 14,691 males and 15,415 females and 5,632 households. The average growth rate is 3.5% per annum.

Topography/Relief;

The landscape feature is a gently flat. There are no hills seen in the Sub County.

Soils;

The soil texture is generally loamy with high organic matter. it is so fertile and supports the growth of varieties of crops.

Hydrology;

The Sub County is blessed with a number of swamps. Water is also found in the swamps as a direct rainfall or seepage.

Vegetation;

The vegetation is dominantly woody savannah with continuous grass land. The common tree species include terminalia (Opok), combertum (Odugu kworo). The grass coverage is characterized by grasses like hyphaorenia (Abii), and pannicum (Odunyu), among others.

Climate;

It’s not a drought prone area with reliable rain fall that falls across the years. It receives an average rainfall of 1200mm/ annum. Rain starts in late march or early April and ends in November. Rainfall is bimodal with peak in the first rainy season of April to July and the second rainy season of august to September. End of the month of November to early march experience dryness which is hot, and windy.

Land use;

The Sub County is a subsistence farm land. Both crops and livestock are produced. The major food crops are cassava, maize, millet and legumes are cowpeas, beans, and pigeon peas, Cassava, beans and millet, simsim and groundnuts are the staple food in the Sub County. Cotton, sun flower rice is among the crops grown for sale. The use of ox- plough is becoming popular among the peasant farmers. Some stocks of cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs are kept as well. Poultry rearing is practiced on a free range basis. Bird species commonly kept include chickens, ducks, turkeys; guinea fowls which are reared on a small scale. Other land use include forest reserves and trading center

Wild Animals;

There exist wild animals in the Sub County but the most problematic ones are the vermin’s monkeys, wild pigs, mole rats, bush babies, and the bird pests. Tsetse flies infestation is rampant in this area due to the nature of the vegetation.

Roads:

Major Community Roads;

There are two main community roads they include;

Aduku-Teboke-Loro Road.35 kms in length – central government road

And Bala-via Inomo to Atar road 53 kms in lengths – District Road

The conditions of the following Community Access roads most times poor; it is sometimes flooded, muddy and dusty depending on the season. Most of them need reopening and fixing of bottlenecks where water has cut off the