They live on the slopes of Nyangea Mountains, west of Kidepo Valley National Park, along the Ugandan border with South Sudan.

Nyangia community are a tribe found in Karenge District and along the slopes of Nyangea Mountains parallel to Uganda's borders with South Sudan.

A census conducted in 2014 buy Uganda National Bureau of Statistics indicates that 9,634 Nyangia people existed in the Karamoja Sub-Region.

[6] Nyangia tribe are predominantly farmers and they grow crops like maize, sorghum, millet, vegetables, beans among others.

The Nyangia people are great hunters and gather wild fruits as well as hunting animals for food.