Buliisa
Ugandan town
title: "Buliisa" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-western-region,-uganda", "cities-in-the-great-rift-valley", "buliisa-district", "bunyoro-sub-region", "lake-albert-(africa)"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buliisa" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Ugandan town ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Buliisa |
| image_caption | Buliisa |
| mapsize | 150px |
| pushpin_map_caption | Map of Uganda showing the location of Buliisa. |
| pushpin_map | Uganda |
| subdivision_type | District |
| subdivision_name | Buliisa District |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| area_total_km2 | 33.2 |
| population_as_of | 2020 Estimate |
| population_density_km2 | 286.4 |
| population_total | 9500 |
| timezone | EAT |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_m | 627 |
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::callout[type=note] the town ::
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Buliisa, also Bulisa, is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the headquarters of the Buliisa District. Neighborhoods within Buliisa Municipality include Wanseko and Kasenyi.{{cite web|date=20 August 2017 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1460143/buliisa-oil-industrial-begins |title=Work on Buliisa oil industrial area begins |newspaper=New Vision |author=Pascal Kwesiga | access-date=8 October 2020 |place=Kampala}}
Location
Buliisa is located in the northwestern corner of Buliisa District, along the shores of Lake Albert, approximately 91 km, by road, north of Hoima, the largest city in the Bunyoro sub-region. This is approximately 299 km, by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Bulisa/@0.126747,31.3761169,6.75z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x176ff13d5f0d5e7d:0x66f2b31ab8e932f!2m2!1d31.417046!2d2.1127266!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Buliisa |access-date=8 October 2020}} The geographical coordinates of Buliisa Town are:02°07'18.0"N, 31°24'56.0"E (Latitude:2.121667; Longitude:31.415556).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/2%C2%B007'18.0%22N+31%C2%B024'56.0%22E/@2.1216667,31.4155556,392m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Buliisa Town, Buliisa District, Western Region, Uganda |access-date=8 October 2020}} The town sits at an average elevation of 627 m above mean sea level.
Overview
Buliisa is on the northeastern shores of Lake Albert. The town gained prominence during the 2000s because of the large hydrocarbon deposits that have been discovered underground in the district and elsewhere in the Bunyoro sub-region.{{cite web| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122251143 |title=Oil Find In Uganda Cause For Hope, Caution |publisher=National Public Radio |date=3 February 2010 |author=Gwen Thompkins |access-date=8 October 2020 | location=Washington, DC}}
Population
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of Buliisa at 7,600 in July 2015. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 9,500. Of these, approximately 5,000 (52.6 percent) are males and approximately 4,500 (47.4 percent) are females. UBOS estimates that the town's population has grown at an average annual rate of 4.56 percent, between 2015 and 2020.
Infrastructure
The infrastructure already installed or in development in Buliisa Municipality and its neighborhood include: 1. Buliisa Health Center IV 2. Offices of Buliisa Town Council 3. Buliisa Resource Center 4. Offices of Buliisa District Council 5. The northern Central Processing Facility (CPF) and 6. The northern crude oil intake pipeline from Buliisa to the Uganda Oil Refinery and the Uganda-Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline in Kabaale, Hoima District.
The 111 km Hoima–Butiaba–Wanseko Road terminates in Wanseko, a northern suburb of Buliisa Municipality.
References
References
- "Road Distance From Hoima To Buliisa".
- Fallingrain. (8 October 2020). "Elevation of Buliisa Town, Western Uganda". Fallingrain.com.
- Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (1 July 2020). "The population development of Buliisa Municipality as well as related information and services". Citypopulation.de.
- East African Business Week. (8 September 2015). "Uganda: Oil Company Helps Pay for Western Uganda Unit". [[East African Business Week]].
- Ibrahim Kasita. (17 May 2011). "Poor skills cost locals juicy oil industry jobs". [[New Vision]].
- Harriet Kugonza. (3 April 2020). "Construct works on Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road halted". [[New Vision]].
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