Buikwe

Buikwe, sometimes spelled Buyikwe, is a town in Buikwe District, Uganda. It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters.

Buikwe

(Buyikwe)
Town
Buikwe, Buikwe District, Uganda
Buikwe
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 00°20′39″N 33°01′48″E
Country Uganda
RegionCentral Region
DistrictBuikwe District
CountyBuikwe County
ConstituencyBuikwe South
Government
 • Member of ParliamentLulume Bayigga
Elevation
4,000 ft (1,220 m)
Population
 (2014 Census)
 • Total16,633[1]
WebsiteHomepage

Location

Buikwe is approximately 67 kilometres (42 mi), by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[2] This location is approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi), by road, south-east of Lugazi, the nearest large town.[3] The coordinates of Buikwe Town Council are 0°20'36.0"N, 33°01'44.0"E (Latitude:0.343333; Longitude:33.028889).[4]

Overview

Buikwe is a small town in the south-east of the Central Region. It is the homebase of the Nalubaale Football Club.[5]

Population

According to Uganda's Electoral Commission, there were 6,880 registered voters in Buikwe Town Council as of 27 January 2011.[6] On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Buikwe's population at 16,633.[1] In 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of the town at 18,500, of whom 9,700 (52.4 percent) were female and 8,800 (47.6 percent) were male. UBOS calculated the annual rate of population growth of the town to average 1.95 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.[7]

Points of interest

See also

References
  1. UBOS (27 August 2014). "The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. Google (30 December 2020). "Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Buikwe, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  3. Google (30 December 2020). "Road Distance Between Lugazi, Uganda And Buikwe, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. Google (5 July 2015). "Location of Buikwe Town Council At Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. Johnson Were, and Norman Katende (7 January 2009). "Nalubaale Boss Quits". New Vision (Kampala). Archived from the original on 2015-01-21. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  6. UEC (27 January 2011). "Uganda Electoral Commission: Registration Statistics As At 27 January 2011" (PDF). Uganda Electoral Commission (UEC). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  7. UBOS (14 June 2020). "Estimated Population of Buikwe Town". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. Richter, Jan (21 July 2008). "One On One: Jitka Škovránková, the head of a Czech hospital in Uganda". Prague: Radio Prague. Retrieved 19 May 2016.

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