Bugiri

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Ugandan town

title: "Bugiri" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-eastern-region,-uganda", "cities-in-the-great-rift-valley", "bugiri-district", "busoga"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugiri" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ugandan town ::

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subdivision_name1Eastern Uganda
subdivision_type2Sub-region
subdivision_name2Busoga sub-region
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3Bugiri District
leader_titleMayor
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established_title
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established_title3
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of2024 Census
population_total31819
population_blank1_titleEthnicities
population_blank2_titleReligions
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m1080
postal_code_type
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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Bugiri is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the chief town of Bugiri District, and the district headquarters are located there. The town was elevated to Municipal Council status in 2019.{{cite web|title=IGP Ochola Orders Arrest, Trial of Drunken Cop | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/igp-ochola-orders-arrest-trial-of-drunken-cop-1875922 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=17 February 2020 |author=Daily Monitor | access-date=30 December 2020 |location=Kampala}}

Location

Bugiri is located approximately 72 km, by road, east of Jinja, the largest city in Busoga sub-region, along the Jinja–Iganga–Bugiri–Tororo Road. This is approximately 106 km, by road, southwest of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The coordinates of the town are:0°34'10.0"N, 33°44'55.0"E (Latitude:0.569450; Longitude:33.748600).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B034'10.0%22N+33%C2%B044'55.0%22E/@0.5696753,33.7482858,837m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en|title=Location of Bugiri At Google Maps | access-date=3 July 2015}}

Overview

Lying on the main highway between Kampala and the border towns of Malaba and Busia, Bugiri experiences a lot of automotive traffic carrying passengers and goods wholly within Uganda and to Rwanda, Burundi, and parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite web|url=https://mag.wcoomd.org/magazine/wco-news-88/countries-east-africa-cut-transit-time/ |title=Countries In East Africa Cut Transit Time |work=World Customs Organization Magazine |date=2019 | author=Geofrey Balamaga |access-date=30 December 2020 |location=Brussels, Belgium}}

The town is also known as a home of rice growing and processing company Tilda Uganda and its booming sex-trade, particularly in its suburb of Naluwerere.{{cite web|url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=59883| title=Bugiri Sex Workers Change Survival Tactics|accessdate=30 May 2014|first=Aldon|last=Walukamba|date=11 January 2014 |publisher=Uganda Radio Network}}

Population

The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town at 17,050. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 24,800. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 25,900. In 2014, the national population census put the population at 29,013.

In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of Bugiri at 36,000 people. The agency calculated the estimated population growth rate in the town to average 3.92 percent annually, between 2014 and 2020.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within the town limits or near its borders:

References

References

  2. "Road Distance Between Jinja And Bugiri".
  3. "Road Distance Between Bugiri And Mbale".
  4. Kakamwa, Charles. (29 January 2007). "Minister Explains Cause of Immorality". [[New Vision]].
  5. UBOS. "Estimated Population of Bugiri In 2002, 2010 & 2011". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] (UBOS).
  6. 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).
  7. UBOS. (14 June 2020). "Estimated Population of Bugiri, Uganda". Cutypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS).

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