Patongo is a town in Agago District, Acholi sub-region in the Northern Region of Uganda.

Patongo is approximately 21.5 kilometres (13.4 mi), by road, south of Agago, the site of the district headquarters.

[2] Patongo lies at an average elevation of 1,035 metres (3,396 ft), above sea level.

Initially the location of a large camp for internally displaced people as a result of the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency, Patongo was granted town council status by the Ugandan parliament effective July 2010.

The following additional points of interest are located within or near the town of Patongo: