Mityana is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mityana District, as well as the location of the district headquarters.[2]
Mityana is approximately 70 kilometres (43mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] This is approximately 80.5 kilometres (50mi), by road, east of Mubende, along the Kampala–Fort Portal Road. Mityana is about halfway between Kampala and Mubende, along an all-weather tarmac highway that links Uganda's capital with the city of Fort Portal in the Western Region.[4] The geographical coordinates of Mityana are 0°23'58.0"N, 32°02'36.0"E (Latitude:0.399444, Longitude:32.043333).[5] The average elevation of the town is 1,209 metres (3,967ft) above mean sea level.[6]
Overview
Weather in MityanaMuduuma Health Centre
As of January 2020, Mityana town covers an area of 263 square kilometres (102sqmi).[1] The topography consists of gentle slopes with open, U-shaped valleys. The plateau landscape is advantageous to real estate developers because they do not incur many expenses for clearance of building sites. In July 2013, the town was added to the list of urban centers serviced by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. Since then, NWSC has expanded service to other areas of Mityana District.[7]
Population
In 2002, the national census estimated the population of Mityana town to be 34,100. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 38,700. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 39,300.[8]
In August 2014, the national population census put the population of Mityana, as presently (February 2021), 95,428 people. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 105,200. The population agency calculated the annual population growth rate of Mityana to average 1.68 percent, between 2014 and 2020.[1]
Lake Wamala, with the northern shores located approximately 4 kilometres (2mi) southwest of downtown Mityana
Kampala−Mubende highway, passing through the center of town in a northwest/southeast direction
Mityana Secondary School, a public residential secondary school with 26 dormitories
William Mukasa Primary School, a mixed day and boarding primary school close to the district headquarters
LivingHope-Children Junior Academy, serving poor children in Buwalula, Kamuli, and Jezza
Mityana Modern Secondary School, a private secondary school, founded in 1994
Road improvement and development
In April 2021, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) hired Energo Project Uganda Limited, a construction company, to improve the 86 kilometres (53mi)Mityana–Mubende Road, at a cost of UGX:396 billion (approx. US$105 million). That contract includes the tarmacking of several urban roads in Mityana Town, some for the first time ever. The length of the urban roads is reported as approximately 14 kilometres (9mi) and includes Katakara Road (7.8 kilometres (5mi), Market Street (320 metres (1,050ft) and Thorban road among others. Construction was expected to conclude in April 2024.[11]
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