Kotido is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda.

It is the chief municipal, administrative, and commercial center of the Kotido District and the site of the district headquarters.

Kotido lies approximately 107 kilometres (66 mi) northwest of Moroto, the largest urban centre in the Karamoja sub-region[1] and 479 kilometres (298 mi) northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

[3] The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town of Kotido at 12,900.

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 21,500 in 2010.