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Barlonyo Refugee Camp is also known as Barlonyo IDP camp was a refugee settlement in Lira district in Uganda

Location
The camp is located in Barlonyo village, Orit parish, Agweng sub county in Lira district. about 26 kilometers (km) from Lira.

History
The camp is where Barlonyo memorial site was constructed to commemorate the lives of 300 people who were killed by the Lord's Resistance Army. Barlonyo refugee camp huts were burnt to ashes during the massacre.

Massacre

As February 2004, prior the massacre, the camp had 4800 people who were being hosted.

After the massacre, survivors relocated to nearby places to escape any other attacks