Buikwe

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

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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.

Location

Buikwe is approximately 67 km east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Buikwe/@0.3670373,32.9097661,10z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dd900e6a739d9:0xfe32d6306e769a0b!2m2!1d33.030278!2d0.340556!3e0!5i1 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Buikwe, Uganda | access-date=30 December 2020}} and 11 km south-east of Lugazi, the nearest large town.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lugazi/Buikwe/@0.3428302,32.8925755,11.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dd073b20aada5:0xacb1dc220540be1e!2m2!1d32.9381321!2d0.3739085!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dded1f0932639:0xc64bd141115f53b3!2m2!1d32.9888319!2d0.3144046!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Lugazi, Uganda And Buikwe, Uganda | access-date=30 December 2020}} The coordinates of Buikwe Town Council are 0°20'36.0"N, 33°01'44.0"E (Latitude:0.343333; Longitude:33.028889).{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B020'36.0%22N+33%C2%B001'44.0%22E/@0.346414,33.0127085,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | title=Location of Buikwe Town Council, Buikwe District, Uganda | access-date=5 July 2015}}

Overview

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

Population

On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Buikwe's population at 16,633. 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.

Points of interest

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

The offices of Buikwe District Administration, the offices of Buikwe Town Council and Buikwe Central Market. Also found here is St. Charles Lwanga Buikwe Hospital, an 80-bed community hospital founded by missionaries from the Czech Republic.{{cite web| url=http://www.radio.cz/en/section/one-on-one/jitka-skovrankova-the-head-of-a-czech-hospital-in-uganda |date=21 July 2008 | title=One On One: Jitka Škovránková, the head of a Czech hospital in Uganda |publisher=Radio Prague |author=Jan Richter | access-date=19 May 2016 |location=Prague}}

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.

References

References

  1. Places In The World. (6 June 2021). "About Buikwe Town Council". Places In The World.
  2. Johnson Were, and Norman Katende. (7 January 2009). "Nalubaale Boss Quits". [[New Vision]] (Kampala).
  3. 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.
  4. 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]].

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