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Buliisa District is bordered by Nebbi District to the northwest, Nwoya District to the northeast, Masindi District to the east, Hoima District to the south and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, across Lake Albert, to the west. The 'main town' in the district, Buliisa, is located approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi), by road, northwest of Masindi, the largest town in the sub-region. The coordinates of the district are:02 11N, 31 24E.
Buliisa District was created in 2006 by the Ugandan Parliament. Prior to that, Buliisa District was part of Masindi District. The district is primarily rural and most people in the district are either pastoralists, fishers or subsistence agriculturalists. The district is part of Bunyoro sub-region, which is coterminous with Bunyoro Kingdom. The districts that comprise Bunyoro Kingdom include:
According to the 2002 national census, Bunyoro was home to an estimated 804,000 people at that time.
The 2002 national census estimated the population of the district at 64,823. The annual population growth rate in the district is estimated at 4.0%. It was estimated that the population of Buliisa District in 2010 was approximately 88,700. See table below:
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During the first 10 years of the 2000s, a considerable amount of crude oil deposits have been discovered in the district. The Ugandan Government is in the final stages of preparing to start extracting the oil discovered in Buliisa and the neighboring districts.