title: Bugisu sub-region
text: # Bugisu sub-region
  
  Bugisu sub-region is a region in Eastern Uganda that consists of the following districts:
  
  * Bududa District
  * Bulambuli District
  * Manafwa District
  * Mbale District
  * Namisindwa District
  * Sironko District
  
  The sub-region is home mainly to the Gisu people, also called Bagisu, (singular is Mugisu). The Bagisu speak Lugisu, a dialect of Lumasaba, a Bantu language. Lugisu is very similar to the Bukusu language spoken of the Bukusu people of Kenya.
  
  According to the 2002 national census, the Bugisu sub-region was home to an estimated 1 million people at that time.
  
  