City profile · Uganda · Africa
Lira
City population
119,323
#16
in Uganda
#2
in Northern Region
#4,796
worldwide
2.250, 32.900 · 218 km from Kampala
About Lira
Lira is a city in Northern Region, Uganda with a population of 119,323. It is the 16th largest of the 141 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Uganda, and the 4,796th largest worldwide. It lies 218 km from Kampala.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 18
Elevation
1,104 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Kampala
Coordinates
2.250, 32.900
Record updated
2016-06-22
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 141 in UgandaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.