Isingiro

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Ugandan town

title: "Isingiro" 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", "isingiro-district", "ankole-sub-region"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isingiro" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ugandan town ::

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Isingiro is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Isingiro District and the site of the district's headquarters.{{cite web| url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-8657590.html |title=Isingiro Town Council, Isingiro County, Isingiro District, Western Region, Uganda |work=Mindat.org |date=22 July 2021 |author=Mindat | access-date=22 July 2021}}

Location

Isingiro is approximately 42 km southeast of Mbarara, the largest city in the Ankole sub-region. The town of Isingiro is surrounded by the villages of Nyakigera, Gayaza, Rwembwa, Mabona, Kibwera, and Rumira.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbarara/Isingiro/@-0.7888073,30.7636345,11.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d91bb20d9cd3e3:0x883a0deaec00c519!2m2!1d30.6545022!2d-0.6071596!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d975d993718e37:0x17d8be6be60fa837!2m2!1d30.8039474!2d-0.843543!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Mbarara, Uganda And Isingiro, Uganda With Interactive Map | access-date=22 July 2021}} Isingiro is located approximately 310 km, by road, southwest of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Isingiro/@-0.222114,30.4901854,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d975d993718e37:0x17d8be6be60fa837!2m2!1d30.8039474!2d-0.843543!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Isingiro, Uganda |access-date=22 July 2021}} The coordinates of Isingiro Town Council are 0°47'42.0"S, 30°48'55.0"E (Latitude:-0.795000, Longitude:30.815278).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B047'42.0%22S+30%C2%B048'55.0%22E/@-0.7949785,30.8065444,1789m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-0.795!4d30.8152778 |title=Location of Isingiro Town Council, Isingiro District, Western Region, Uganda | access-date=22 July 2021}}

Population

The 2002 national census estimated the town's population at 17,000. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 21,400. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 22,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf | title=Estimated Population of Isingiro In 2002, 2010 And 2011 | work=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |date=2012 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |access-date=22 July 2021 | archive-date=7 July 2014 |place=Kampala, Uganda |format=Archived from the original on 7 July 2014}}

In August 2014, the national census put the population at 27,991. In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of the town at 28,800. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population at 34,300 inhabitants. Of those, 17,500 (51 percent) were females and 16,800 (49 percent) were males. UBOS calculated that the population of Isingiro Town Council expanded at an average annual rate of 3.6 percent between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web| url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/western/admin/isingiro/SC0791__isingiro/ |title=The population development of Isingiro as well as related information and services |date=14 June 2021 | work=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=22 July 2021 |author=Uganda Burau of Statistics}}

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest lie within or close to the town: (a) the headquarters of Isingiro District administration (b) the offices of Isingiro Town Council (c) Isingiro central market, the source of daily fresh produce and (d) the 74 km Mbarara–Kikagati Road passes through the western neighborhoods of the town in a general north to south direction.

References

References

  1. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (14 June 2020). "The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections". Citypopulation.de.
  2. "Map of Isingiro Showing Mbarara–Kikagati Road Going Though The Town".
  3. ChimpReports. (2 October 2014). "Mbarara–Kikagati–Murongo Bridge Road Completed". ChimpReports.

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