Tegeres is a sub-county in the western division of the newly created Kapchorwa municipality in Kapchorwa District, Uganda.
It is the home subcounty of Stephen Kiprotich, men's marathon gold medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Subsistence agriculture is the main economic activity in Kapchorwa District. Crops grown include the following: Millet Potatoes Beans Simsim Sunflower Cotton Coffee Wheat Tomatoes Cabbage Passion fruit Onions Animal husbandry is practised; the livestock domesticated are mainly cattle, goats, rabbits and chickens
It consists of 7 parishes, 51 villages. The parishes are; Kabat Kapenguria Kapteret Kutung Kapnyikew Tegeres Tuban
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