Elema Refugee Settlement
The Elema Refugee Settlement is a refugee settlement in Adjumani district, westnile sub-region of Uganda. Elema was established in 1992 and stands to be the oldest refugee settlement out of the total of nine settlement in Adjumani district. The settlement is composed entirely of refugees from the Kuku tribe of South Sudan. The Kuku speak a Bari dialect, also called Kuku. They are chiefly a farming people relying on mixed farming. Following a UNHCR-led repatriation of South Sudanese refugees in 2008 from Uganda, the Kuku ethnic group in Elema declined to be repatriated.
Q3499673
Adjumani
LOC
Q149621
district
Concept
Q1036
Uganda
LOC
Q131572
refugee
Concept
Q137701
Kuku
UNK
Q958
South Sudan
LOC
Q35042
Bari
MEDIA
Q3200300
Kuku
MEDIA
Q16038923
mixed farming
Concept
Q132551
UNHCR
ORG
Q3044415
South Sudanese
PER
Q99472359
Elema Refugee Settlement
LOC
1992-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1992
DATE
2008-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2008
DATE
country
inception
country