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This is an expanded edition of the regular Uganda Districts Information Handbook. The handbook provides detailed information on all the 112 districts in a condensed form. While many users found information in previous editions very useful, this expanded edition is more comprehensive and user friendly. In this edition, detailed colour maps have been introduced for each district. For ease of reference, the districts have been grouped into seven regional blocks: Northern, North-Western, North-Eastern, Eastern, Central, South- Western and Western. A map of each one of these blocks enables the user to understand a district in terms of its regional context showing the other districts that border it. In addition to location, the book gives the size of each district, administrative divisions down to the sub-county, climate, vegetation, rainfall and relief. It shows the lowest and highest points, including spot heights, above sea level. The book specifies the population and separates it into male and female, and into rural and urban dwellers. There is information about economic activities, industry, tourist attractions and banking services. There is information about NGOs, their numbers and field of specialisation. The book also gives road and railway networks, airfields, radio, television stations and telephone systems that serve each district. Tourist attractions and information on tourist lodges that serve different national parks and game reserves are listed. It also lists the number of educational institutions, number of students in each district and teachers that serve them. It gives the number of the different grades of health centres and services available in each district plus current HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. Finally, there is a list of district leaders and Members of Parliament. This book is useful to tourists, schools, district officials, councillors in the local governments, Members of Parliament, planners, NGOs and diplomats. “This is my bible on Uganda” Michael Cook, former British High Commissioner to Uganda. ISBN 978 9970 02 492 6