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Bombo is a town in Luwero District
Luwero District

Luwero is a Districts of Uganda in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Luwero Town. Luwero was the site of a fierce insurgency by the rebel National Resistance Army and a brutal counter-insurgency by the government of Milton Obote, known as the Ugandan Bush War or the "Bush War", that...
, Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. Bombo was also the name of a now defunct district in Uganda.

o is one of three town council
Town council

A town council is a democratically elected form of government for small municipality or civil parishes. A council may serve as both the representative and executive branch....
s in Luwero District, the other two being Luwero and Wobulenzi.

Bombo has a large Nubian minority, the Nubians having settled there when they came from Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
 to serve in the British Colonial
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 army. Bombo remains the location of an army barracks
Barracks

Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
, and was until December 2007, when they were moved to Mbuya, the headquarters of the Ugandan army
Uganda People's Defence Force

The Uganda Peoples Defence Force , previously the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.The International Institute for Strategic Studies estimates the UPDF has a total strength of 40?45,000, and consists of land forces and an Air Wing....
 and Ministry of Defence.

dan districts are often named after main municipal centres.






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Bombo is a town in Luwero District
Luwero District

Luwero is a Districts of Uganda in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Luwero Town. Luwero was the site of a fierce insurgency by the rebel National Resistance Army and a brutal counter-insurgency by the government of Milton Obote, known as the Ugandan Bush War or the "Bush War", that...
, Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
. Bombo was also the name of a now defunct district in Uganda.

Bombo town

Bombo is one of three town council
Town council

A town council is a democratically elected form of government for small municipality or civil parishes. A council may serve as both the representative and executive branch....
s in Luwero District, the other two being Luwero and Wobulenzi.

Bombo has a large Nubian minority, the Nubians having settled there when they came from Sudan
Sudan

Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest in the African continent and the Arab World, and List of countries and outlying territories by total area by area....
 to serve in the British Colonial
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
 army. Bombo remains the location of an army barracks
Barracks

Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a military post. They are typically very plain and all of the buildings in the housing unit are often uniform structures....
, and was until December 2007, when they were moved to Mbuya, the headquarters of the Ugandan army
Uganda People's Defence Force

The Uganda Peoples Defence Force , previously the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.The International Institute for Strategic Studies estimates the UPDF has a total strength of 40?45,000, and consists of land forces and an Air Wing....
 and Ministry of Defence.

Bombo District (now defunct)

Ugandan districts are often named after main municipal centres. The area in which Bombo town is a main township
Township

A township is a settlement which has the status and powers of a unit of local government. Specific use of the term to describe political subdivisions has varied by country....
 became Bombo District, one of the first regions that initially received district status when Uganda became independent in October 1962. In 1967 the district was renamed East Mengo. In 1974, Uganda reorganized from districts into provinces, and East Mengo became the Province of Bombo. Provinces were reorganized into districts in 1980, and the district of Luwero was created, with Bombo town as one of the main town councils.