Lugazi
title: "Lugazi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-central-region,-uganda", "cities-in-the-great-rift-valley", "buikwe-district"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugazi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | |
| other_name | Kawolo |
| native_name | |
| settlement_type | |
| motto | |
| image_skyline | Over the roofs of Luzira, Kampala (4332276080).jpg |
| pushpin_map | Uganda |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Uganda |
| subdivision_type | |
| subdivision_name | [[Image:Flag of Uganda.svg |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Central Region of Uganda |
| subdivision_type2 | District |
| subdivision_name2 | Buikwe District |
| subdivision_name4 | |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Asea John Bosco Onzuma |
| leader_title1 | |
| established_title | |
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| established_date3 | |
| area_total_km2 | |
| area_land_km2 | |
| area_blank1_sq_mi | |
| population_as_of | 2024 Census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 129795 |
| population_blank1_title | Ethnicities |
| population_blank2_title | Religions |
| population_density_blank1_sq_mi | |
| coordinates | |
| elevation_footnotes | tags-- |
| elevation_m | 1223 |
| elevation_ft | |
| postal_code_type | |
| :: |
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Lugazi is a town in the Buikwe District of the Central Region of Uganda. The town is also called "Kawolo", and the two names are interchangeably used by the local inhabitants.
Location
The town is on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately 46 km east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala+Road,+Kampala/Lugazi/@0.3513247,32.4813148,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177db905c213a709:0x65794ed5c349e23e!2m2!1d32.5809105!2d0.3133012!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dd073b20aada5:0xacb1dc220540be1e!2m2!1d32.9381321!2d0.3739085!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Lugazi With Interactive Map |access-date=30 August 2021}} It is approximately 25.5 km, by road, east of Mukono, the nearest large town, also on the Kampala–Jinja Highway.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mukono/Lugazi/@0.3262503,32.4423126,14z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dc7b71409b0a5:0xdddaf82b549ec570!2m2!1d32.7520139!2d0.3548655!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dd073b20aada5:0xacb1dc220540be1e!2m2!1d32.9381321!2d0.3739085!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Mukono Town, Uganda And Lugazi, Uganda With Map |access-date=30 August 2021}} Lugazi sits at an average elevation of 1223 m, above mean sea level. The coordinates of Lugazi are 0°22'08.0"N, 32°56'25.0"E (Latitude:0.368889; Longitude:32.940278).{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B022'08.0%22N+32%C2%B056'25.0%22E/@0.36922,32.9411974,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 | title=Location of Lugazi Municipality, Central Region, Uganda | access-date=30 August 2021}}
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within or close to the town: ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Uganda_2012_a010.jpg" caption="Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Peace"] ::
- offices of Lugazi Town Council
- headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi
- Lugazi central market
- headquarters of the Mehta Group in Uganda
- University of Military Science and Technology, which is owned and administered by the Uganda People's Defence Force
- Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga, located 5.5 km, by road, west of downtown Lugazi in Mukono District
- Kawolo Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
- Lugazi Golf Course, which is located on the grounds of SCUL
- branch of the National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
- Kampala-Jinja Highway, passing through the center of town in an east/west configuration
Population
The 2002 national census estimated the population of Lugazi at 27,979. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 34,500. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 35,500. In 2014, the national census put the population at 114,163.
Sports
In 2012, a Little League baseball team from Lugazi qualified for the 2012 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This was the second ever team from Uganda to qualify and the first to make the trip to the USA.{{cite web | last=Communications Division | title=Lugazi Little League of Uganda Wins Regional Title, to be First African Team In Little League Baseball World Series | publisher=Little League Online | url=http://www.littleleague.org/Page58970.aspx | accessdate=21 January 2015 | date=16 July 2012}} The team that qualified in 2011 were denied visas by the State Department, therefore having to concede the MEA region title to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Lugazi is also the home of the Uganda Revenue Authority SC, a member of the Uganda Premier Soccer League.
References
References
- Moses Odongo, and Sulaiman Matovu. (3 August 2008). "Lugazi Residents Back Land Bill". [[New Vision]] (Kampala).
- Nalubwama, Jackie. (29 October 2013). "Uganda: Who Owns Lugazi Town?". [[The Observer (Uganda)]] via [[AllAfrica.com]].
- [https://ir.kiu.ac.ug/bitstreams/51acb801-87cf-405b-94ae-5399d743364e/download TFIE CREATION OF NEW DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN LUGAZI, BUIKWE DISTRICT, UGANDA]
- Elevation Map. (30 August 2021). "Altitude of Lugazi Town, Central Region, Uganda". Elevationmap.net.
- UBOS. (2011). "Estimated Population of Lugazi In 2002, 2010 & 2011". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] (UBOS).
- UBOS. (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]] (UBOS).
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