Iganga

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Ugandan town

title: "Iganga" 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", "busoga", "iganga-district"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iganga" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ugandan town ::

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Iganga is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Iganga District.

Location

Iganga is located in Uganda's Busoga sub-region. It lies approximately 40 km northeast of the city of Jinja on the highway between Jinja and Tororo.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Jinja/Iganga/@0.5252874,33.1958066,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7b862c391f47:0x300fe90f956a9f4a!2m2!1d33.2026122!2d0.4478566!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ef28a75729ee9:0x2a5b0f015719e99d!2m2!1d33.4719832!2d0.6045833!3e0 | title=Distance Between Jinja, Uganda And Iganga, Uganda | access-date=28 December 2020}}

This is approximately 108 km, by road, southwest of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbale/Iganga/@0.8304,33.0890034,8.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b6126bdea17b:0xb84df43e61b7b568!2m2!1d34.1810057!2d1.0784436!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ef28a75729ee9:0x2a5b0f015719e99d!2m2!1d33.4719832!2d0.6045833!3e0 | |title=Travel Distance Between Mbale, Uganda And Iganga, Uganda | access-date=28 December 2020}} The coordinates of the town of Iganga are:0°36'54.0"N, 33°29'06.0"E (Latitude:0.6150; Longitude:33.4850).

Overview

Points of interest in the town include the DevelopNet Iganga Project, which houses an Internet cafe and a community center for the Iganga District NGO/CBO Forum. International Hand Iganga is a non-governmental organization operating in the area supporting education and community development. Iganga town has several Internet cafes, guest houses, and a bustling market in the center of town adjacent to the taxi park. The town also has religious buildings like churches and mosques.

Transport

Iganga is served by a station on the Uganda Railways. The highway from the city of Jinja passes through Iganga, continuing on to Bugiri and Tororo, as the Jinja–Iganga–Bugiri–Tororo Road. From there it continues to the international border with Kenya at Malaba, approximately 104 km east of Iganga.

Population

In 2002, the national census estimated Iganga's population at 39,500. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 51,800. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of Iganga at 53,700. In 2014, the national population census put Iganga's population at 53,870.

In 2015, the population of the town was estimated at 56,500. In 2020, the mid-year population of Iganga Town was projected at 65,500. The population grew at an average annual rate of 3.0 percent, between 2015 and 2020.

Health

Iganga General Hospital also known as Nakavule Hospital, serves the residents of the municipality of Iganga, as well as the rest of the district.{{cite web|access-date=29 December 2020 | url=https://www.independent.co.ug/ministry-of-health-clears-iganga-hospital-power-bills/ |title=Ministry of Health clears Iganga hospital power bills |date=22 May 2020 |location=Kampala | newspaper=The Independent (Uganda) Quoting Uganda Radio Network |author=Uganda Radio Network}}

The hospital was rated to be a leading performer of general hospitals in Uganda financially, though its facilities and infrastructure are in need of updates. The hospital was renovated as part of a seven hospital renovation project by the Ugandan government in November 2015.{{cite web|title=Uganda: Renovation of Seven Hospitals Complete |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201511061106.html | date=6 November 2015 |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | author=Racheal Ninsiima |access-date=29 December 2020 | location=Kampala |format=via AllAfrica.com}}

Efforts have been made to establish emergency medical services in Iganga, most notably with the development of a lay first responder program in 2016 by international collaborators from Washington University in St. Louis, LFR International and the Uganda Red Cross Society.{{cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2018/04/an-innovation-mindset/ |title=An innovation mindset: From launching a first aid program in Uganda to using artificial intelligence in medical billing, Peter Delaney finds innovative answers to persistent problems |publisher=Washington University in St. Louis | date=20 April 2018 |author=Diane Toroian Keaggy |access-date=29 December 2020 |location=St. Louis, Missouri, United States}}

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within or near Iganga:

  1. Iganga District Administration headquarters

  2. Iganga Town Council offices

  3. Busoga University, located 1 mi west of Iganga between Iganga and Jinja

  4. Iganga General Hospital, a 120-bed public hospital funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health

  5. Iganga Railway Station

  6. Iganga central market.

Notable Person

References

References

  1. Moses Bikala. (29 August 2020). "Iganga Hotel Closed Over Coronavirus". [[New Vision]].
  2. "Location of Iganga Town".
  3. "Distance Between Iganga, Uganda And Malaba, Uganda".
  4. "Estimated Population of Iganga In 2002, 2010 & 2011". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]].
  5. (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]].
  6. Citypopulation.de. (14 June 2020). "The population development in Iganga as well as related information and services". Citypopulation.de.
  7. George Bita. (19 February 2006). "I fought corruption in Iganga Hospital, says Bageya". [[New Vision]].
  8. Iganga District Health Department. (2020). "Health Services In Iganga District". [[Iganga District.
  9. (2018). "Lay First Responder Training in Eastern Uganda: Leveraging Transportation Infrastructure to Build an Effective Prehospital Emergency Care Training Program". World Journal of Surgery.
  10. "Satellite Map of Iganga Town And Neighboring Communities".

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