Butiaba

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Ugandan town

title: "Butiaba" 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", "masindi-district", "ports-and-harbours-of-uganda", "bunyoro-sub-region"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butiaba" 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	Butiaba
image_caption	Butiaba
mapsize	150px
pushpin_map_caption	Map of Uganda showing the location of Butiaba
Placement on map is approximate.
pushpin_map	Uganda
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Uganda
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Western Uganda
subdivision_type2	Sub-region
subdivision_name2	Bunyoro sub-region
subdivision_type3	District
subdivision_name3	Buliisa District
population_as_of	2020 Estimate
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
elevation_m	622
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Butiaba, is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is a fishing town and landing site on the shores of Lake Albert, in Uganda.{{cite web| url=http://www.fao.org/africa/news/detail-news/en/c/388348/ | title=ASTF Project helping Lake Albert youth through cage fish farming |work=FAO Regional Office for Africa |date=2018 | author=FAO News |access-date=9 August 2021 |place=Accra, Ghana}}

Location

Butiaba is located on the eastern shores of Lake Albert, in Buliisa District, in the Bunyoro sub-region of Western Uganda. Butiaba is approximately 47.5 km, by road, southwest of the district headquarters at Buliisa. Butiaba is located about 58 km north of Hoima, the largest city in the Bunyoro sub-region.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hoima/Butiaba/@1.6222772,31.2105788,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1764c4a7b499f725:0x8745fcdfa38aa3ed!2m2!1d31.3484448!2d1.4273554!1m5!1m1!1s0x17653f16d02b1f05:0xeb5151d886c848c!2m2!1d31.324287!2d1.815151!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Hoima City, Uganda And Butiaba, Uganda With Map |access-date=9 August 2021}}

This location is approximately 257 km, by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala+Road,+Kampala/Butiaba/@0.3304373,31.4668263,8.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177db905c213a709:0x65794ed5c349e23e!2m2!1d32.5809105!2d0.3133012!1m5!1m1!1s0x17653f16d02b1f05:0xeb5151d886c848c!2m2!1d31.324287!2d1.815151!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda And Butiaba, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=9 August 2021}} The coordinates of Butiaba are:1°49'08.0"N, 31°19'33.0"E (Latitude:1.818889; Longitude:31.325833).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B049'08.0%22N+31%C2%B019'33.0%22E/@1.7900113,31.2945191,11690m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d1.8188889!4d31.3258333 |title=Location of Butiaba Town Council, Buliisa District, Western Region, Uganda | access-date=9 August 2021}} Butiaba is situated at an average altitude of 622 m above mean sea level.{{cite web| work=Fallingrain.com |date=9 August 2021 |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UG/C5/Butiaba.html | title=Elevation of Butiaba, Uganda |author=Fallingrain | access-date=9 August 2021}}

Overview

During the first half of the 20th century, Butiaba was an important transportation hub, where merchandise from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and from South Sudan was transported by boat across Lake Albert to Butiaba Harbour. At Butiaba, merchandise was transported overland, through Masindi to Masindi Port. At Masindi Port, the produce would be loaded on barges, ferried across Lake Kyoga to Soroti. At Soroti, it would be loaded onto railway wagons for transportation by rail to Mombasa, Kenya, on the Indian Ocean, for export. Imported goods and merchandise were transported along the same route, in reverse.

When the East African Railways Corporation was dissolved in the 1970s, Butiaba's prominence declined and the harbour became dormant. A significant amount of petroleum deposits has since been discovered in the ground and under the lake near Butiaba. Reviving Butiaba Harbour to play a role in the transportation of equipment, manpower, and petroleum is being considered.{{cite web |title=Butiaba Port To Be Redeveloped As Route For Oil Transportation |date=22 April 2008 | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200804211980.html | work=Daily Monitor via AllAfrica.com |author=Andrew Bagala |access-date=18 July 2014}}

Population

As of July 2014, the exact population of Butiaba was not known. The national population census in Uganda took place in August 2014 but results are yet to come out.

Point of interest

Lake Albert - One of the lakes in the Western Rift Valley. The international border between the DRC and Uganda runs through it.

References

"Road Distance Between Buliisa District Headquarters, Buliisa, Uganda And Butiaba, Uganda With Map".
New Vision. (October 2020). "Uganda inches closer to oil revenue". [[New Vision]].
Ninsiima, Racheal. (14 July 2013). "Uganda Census Planned for 2014". [[The Observer (Uganda)]].

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