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Eastern Africa, west of Kenya .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Democratic Republic of the Congo 765 km, Kenya 933 km, Rwanda 169 km, Sudan 435 km, Tanzania 396 km .
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
| Land Boudaries Total :
| 2,698 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast .
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| Area Total :
| 236,040 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 199,710 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 36,330 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly smaller than Oregon .
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| Coast Line :
| 0 km (landlocked) .
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| Railways Total :
| 1,241 km .
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| Highways Total :
| 27,000 km .
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| Waterways :
| 300 km (on Lake Victoria, 200 km on Lake Albert, Lake Kyoga, and parts of Albert Nile) (2004 est.) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Entebbe, Jinja, Port Bell .
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Population on 13-Sep-02 : 80879
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Lira has a fantastic vibrant African feel about the place. Music blares from humungous speaker systems, the market is a happening place and there is a profusion of hair cut sign art to be seen.
Buses to Kampala via the Karuma Falls bridge or via Soroti are frequent during the mornings. There is a daily bus in the morning to Kitgum when the security is not in question and mini bus taxis throughout the day to Apac. From Apac every morning there is a bus to Kampala that crosses the Nile at Masindi Port on a pontoon ferry.
Those with there own transport will most likely be passing through Lira en-route to Kidepo Valley National Park via the Labwor Hills. There are several large filling stations in town as this is the last chance to find fuel before prices sky rocket.
Lira has seen a massive influx of refugees in the past two years with a resurgence of LRA activity in the north of Uganda.
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