Fort Patiko

Fort Patiko
Fort Patiko
	Walls of Fort Patiko grain stores
	Fort Patiko
Coordinates	3°00′57″N 32°19′03″E / 3.015834°N 32.317625°E
Site information
Owner	public
Open to; the public	yes
Condition	ruined
Site history
Built	1872
Built by	Samuel Baker
Materials	stone

Fort Patiko, also known as Baker's Fort, was a military fort built by Samuel Baker in Patiko, Uganda.

Construction of the fort was completed on December 25, 1872.^[1]

After Baker left in 1888, the fort was used by Emin Pasha and Charles Gordon while they served as Governor of the Equatorial Province of the British Uganda Protectorate. A plaque on the remaining wall of a grain storage building in the center of the fort reads “Fatiko 1872 -88, founded by Sir Samuel Baker, occupied by Emin and Gordon” (sic). ^[2]

Ruins of the fort remain in Ajulu parish, Patiko sub-county, Aswa County, Gulu district. The site is open to the public subject to a fee levied by the subcounty.^[3]

The Ugandan Government currently is planning on turning the Barker's fort to become a fully recognized national tourism site.

Notes[edit]

^ Great Britain Colonial Office 1960, p. 140.
^ Rusoke 2010.
^ Wacha, Joe (25 February 2009). "Samuel Baker's Fort Patiko Billed as Key to Revival of Gulu Tourism Sector". Uganda Radio Network.

References[edit]

Finnström, Sverker (2008). Living with bad surroundings : war, history, and everyday moments in northern Uganda. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822341918.
Great Britain Colonial Office (1960). "The Acholi of Uganda". Colonial Research Studies (30).
Rusoke, Lambert Brian (2010-02-07). "Fort Patiko: A forgotten historical landmark". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 2012-09-18.

External links[edit]

[FOOTNOTEGreat_Britain_Colonial_Office1960140-1] Great Britain Colonial Office 1960, p. 140.

[FOOTNOTERusoke2010-2] Rusoke 2010.

[3] Wacha, Joe (25 February 2009). "Samuel Baker's Fort Patiko Billed as Key to Revival of Gulu Tourism Sector". Uganda Radio Network.

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