Kyenjojo

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title: "Kyenjojo" 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", "kyenjojo-district", "toro-sub-region"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyenjojo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Kyenjojo is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kyenjojo District and the site of the district headquarters.

Location

Kyenjojo is at the intersection of two major highways. The Kyenjojo–Kabwoya Road makes a T-junction with the Mubende–Fort Portal Road in the middle of town. The town is approximately 51 km, by road, east of Fort Portal, the largest city in the Toro sub-region.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Fort+Portal/Kyenjojo/@0.6430924,30.4592036,25118m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763da423ccd41c1:0xb3115cac70684750!2m2!1d30.2801166!2d0.6546257!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763b0d84545c0b5:0x659e5c18cb02ba1c!2m2!1d30.6401231!2d0.6092923!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Fort Portal, Uganda And Kyenjojo, Uganda With Map |access-date=25 July 2022}} This is approximately 245 km, by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are 0°36'36.0"N, 30°38'39.0"E (Latitude:0.6100; Longitude:30.6442).{{google maps| title=Location of Kyenjojo At Google Maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B036'36.0%22N+30%C2%B038'39.0%22E/@0.6100613,30.6421022,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0| access-date=13 July 2015}}

Population

In 2002, the national census estimated the population of the town at 15,040. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 20,100. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 20,900. On 27 August 2014, the national population census put the population at 23,467.

In 2015, the town's population was projected at 23,700. In 2020, the mid-year population of Kyenjojo Town Council was projected at 28,600. It was calculated that the population of the town increased at an average annual rate of 3.8 percent, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web| work=Citypopulation.de | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/western/admin/kyenjojo/SC0633__kyenjojo/ |title=The population development of Kyenjojo Town Council in Western Region, Uganda |date=14 June 2020 | author=Citypopulation.de |access-date=26 July 2022}}

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest are within the town limits or close to the edges of town: the offices of Kyenjojo Town Council, the offices of Kyenjojo District Local Government, Kyenjojo central market, Kyenjojo General Hospital, a public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health and a mobile Branch of PostBank Uganda. Opportunity Bank Uganda and Centenary Bank also maintain branches in the town.{{cite web| work=New Vision |date=25 April 2005 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1126316/centenary-bank-branch-kyenjojo |title=Centenary Bank opens branch in Kyenjojo | author=James Odomel |access-date=26 July 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}

References

References

  1. "Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Kyenjojo, Uganda".
  2. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (7 July 2014). "Estimated Population of Kyenjojo Town In 2002, 2010 And 2011". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]].
  3. (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. "Map of Kyenjojo Town Council".

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