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Buikwe
Buyikwe
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Buikwe, Buikwe District, Uganda
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Buikwe
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 00°20′39″N33°01′48″E / 0.34417°N 33.03000°E / 0.34417; 33.03000
Country Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Region Central Region
District Buikwe District
County Buikwe County
Constituency Buikwe South
Government
 •  Member of Parliament Lulume Bayigga
Elevation
4,049 ft (1,234 m)
Population
 (2014 Census)
 • Total18,500 [1]
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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. [2]

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Location

Buikwe is approximately 67 kilometres (42 mi) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city [3] and 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Lugazi, the nearest large town. [4] The coordinates of Buikwe Town Council are 0°20'36.0"N, 33°01'44.0"E (Latitude:0.343333; Longitude:33.028889). [5]

Overview

Buikwe is a small town in the south-east of the Central Region. It is the home base of the Nalubaale Football Club. [6]

Population

On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Buikwe's population at 16,633. [7] In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Buikwe at 16,800 people. In 2020, he population agency 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. [1]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
201416,633—    
201516,800+1.0%
202018,500+10.1%
source: [1] [7]

Points of interest

The following points of interest are found in or near Buikwe Town Council. [5]

The offices of Buikwe District Administration, the offices of Buikwe Town Council and Buikwe Central Market. [5] Also found here is St. Charles Lwanga Buikwe Hospital, an 80-bed community hospital founded by missionaries from the Czech Republic. [8]

The town also hosts a number of places of worship; including Buikwe Full Gospel Church, affiliated with the Pentecostal Movement, Buikwe Church of Uganda, Buikwe Seventh Day Adventist Church and Buikwe Roman Catholic Church. [5]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). "The population development of Buikwe as well as related information and services". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Places In The World (6 June 2021). "About Buikwe Town Council". Places In The World. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Google (30 December 2020). "Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Buikwe, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Google (30 December 2020). "Road Distance Between Lugazi, Uganda And Buikwe, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Google (5 July 2015). "Location of Buikwe Town Council, Buikwe District, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 Uganda Bureau of Statistics (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. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Jan Richter (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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