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Teso sub-region

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Teso sub-region

Teso sub-region (previously known as Teso District) is a sub-region in Eastern Region, Uganda that consists of:

The sub-region covers an area of 13,030.6 km and is home to an estimated 2.5 million people of Iteso and Kumam ethnicity.[1]

Politically, Pallisa District does not belong to Teso Sub-region although Iteso tribes populate larger parts of this district.

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The Iteso tribes have extended to occupy parts of Tororo district in Uganda and across to the neighbouring country of Kenya in the East.