Name of the People: Aringa

Name of the Language: Yumbe District

Location in the country: Aringa people live in Northwestern part of Uganda.

It borders southern Sudan in the North, Arua Districtin the South, Moyo District in the East and Koboko District in the West.

Geography and climate: Tropical grassland, forests and hills

Altitude: 2965ft / 903 meters.

Geographic Co-ordinates:3.4464 Latitude   31.2703 Longitude

Population: 253,325 (2002 census)

Cultural Information:

Subsistence farming.

Cash Crops: tobacco; cotton.

Food: cassava, millet, sorghum, maize, sweet potatoes, beans,soya beans, peas, peanuts, sesame, pumpkins, meat, and fish.