Nyenga, Uganda

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Nyenga
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Nyenga
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 00°22′48″N33°09′00″E / 0.38000°N 33.15000°E / 0.38000; 33.15000 Coordinates: 00°22′48″N33°09′00″E / 0.38000°N 33.15000°E / 0.38000; 33.15000
Country Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Region Central Uganda
District Buikwe District
Municipality Njeru Municipality
Elevation
4,042 ft (1,232 m)
Population
 (2020 Estimate)
 • Total55,600

Nyenga is an urban division of one of the municipalities in Buikwe District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Nyenga Division is one of the three divisions of the city of Njeru. The other two divisions are Wakisi Division and Njeru Division. [1]

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Location

Nyenga is located in Njeru Municipality, approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi), by road, south of Njeru Division, the central business district of the municipality. [2] The coordinates of Nyenga, Uganda are:0°22'48.0"N; 33°09'00.0"E (Latitude:0.3800; Longitude:33.1500). [3] Nyenga is situated at an average altitude of 1,232 metres (4,042 ft), above mean sea level. [4]

Population

In 2015, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of Nyenga Division at 50,400. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of Nyenga at 55,600 inhabitants. Of these, 28,200 (50.7 percent) were females and 27,400 (49.3 percent) were males. UBOS calculated that the population of Nyenga increased at an average rate of 2.0 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020. [5]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
201550,400—    
202055,600+10.3%
source: [5]

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within or near Nyenga: (a) Nyenga Roman Catholic Church [6] (b) Nyenga Mission Hospital, also St. Francis Hospital Nyenga, is a 75-bed community hospital that was founded in 1932 as a leprosarium. Owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi. [7] (c) Saint Joseph Minor Seminary Nyenga [8] (d) Saint Francis School of Nursing and Midwifery [9] and (e) Nyenga Children’s Home In Uganda, an extended family for destitute children. [10] [11]

The Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road passes through Nyenga in a general southwest to northeast direction on the way to the Source of the Nile Bridge. [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ Google (26 July 2021). "Road Distance Between Downtown Njeru And Nyenga Mission Hospital With Interactive Map" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Location of Nyenga, Njeru Municipality, Central Region, Uganda" . Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Floodmap (26 July 2021). "Elevation of Nyenga, Njeru Municipality, Uganda". Floodmap.net. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. 1 2 Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). "The population development of Nyenga as well as related information and services". Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics . Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ↑ Google (26 July 2021). "Location of Nyenga Roman Catholic Church, Nyenga, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ↑ Kathleen Vongsathorn (1 August 2012). ""First and foremost the evangelist"? Mission and government priorities for the treatment of leprosy in Uganda, 1927-1948". Journal of Eastern African Studies. 6: 544–560. doi:10.1080/17531055.2012.696906. PMC   4060234 . PMID   24949084.
  8. ↑ Google (26 July 2021). "Location of Saint Joseph Minor Seminary Nyenga In Uganda" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Google (26 July 2021). "Location of Nyenga St. Francis School of Nursing and Midwifery" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Nyenga Foundation (July 2021). "About the Foundation". Nyenga Foundation. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  11. ↑ Global Hand (2021). "Nyenga Foundation (Nyenga Children's Home)". Globalhand.org. Hong Kong. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  12. ↑ Google (26 July 2021). "Map Showing The Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road Going Through Nyenga With Extension To The New Nile Bridge" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
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