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LIKE, SUBSCRIBE and SHARE LOCATION: UGANDA, Soroti CITY Soroti is a city in Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main city, commercial, and administrative center in Soroti District, one of the nine administrative districts in the Teso sub-region. Soroti city was immediately approved for operationalization ahead of schedule by the Parliament of Uganda in the Financial Year 2020/2021. History In the late Uganda–Tanzania War, Soroti suffered from lootings as well as mass killings committed by fleeing Uganda Army troops. When the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) and the Tanzania People's Defence Force's 7th Battalion captured the town as part of the Eastern Uganda campaign of 1979, they found it plundered and discovered the corpses of about 50 civilians. The local Radio Uganda station was left mostly undamaged, however, and was quickly broadcasting again. In the last phase of the Ugandan Bush War in early 1986, the area around Soroti became the site of heavy fighting. Rebelling UNLA troops and Karamojong militias ambushed retreating loyalist UNLA forces in the area, and later blocked the Awoja Bridge near Soroti.[8] On 12 February 1986, Soroti itself was captured by the National Resistance Army (NRA) as part of its efforts to conquer northern Uganda. Geography View of central Soroti City from the Rock Soroti City is surrounded by Soroti District, of the Teso sub-region, in the Eastern Region of Uganda, lying north of Lake Kyoga. Soroti is approximately 103 kilometres (64 mi), by road, northwest of the city of Mbale, the largest urban centre in Uganda's Eastern Region. Soroti lies on the Tororo–Mbale–Soroti Road or Lira-Mbale route, approximately 326 kilometres (203 mi), by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of Soroti are 1°42'54.0"N, 33°36'40.0"E (Latitude:1.715000; Longitude:33.611111). Soroti lies at an average elevation of 1,130 metres (3,707 ft) above mean sea level.