Mitooma

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Ugandan town

title: "Mitooma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-western-region,-uganda", "mitooma-district", "ankole-sub-region"] description: "Ugandan town" topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-western-region-uganda" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitooma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Ugandan town ::

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native_name
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coordinates
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subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Western Region of Uganda
subdivision_type2Sub-region
subdivision_name2Ankole sub-region
subdivision_type3District
subdivision_name3Mitooma District
established_title
leader_titleMayor
unit_prefImperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m1545
population_total6000
population_as_of2020 Estimate
postal_code_type
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Mitooma, also Mitoma, is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mitooma District.

Location

Mitooma Municipal Council is located in Ruhinda County, Mitooma District, Ankole sub-region, in Uganda's Western Region. This is approximately 23 km, by road, southwest of Bushenyi, the nearest large town. Mitooma is located approximately 77 km, by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the Ankole sub-region. The geographical coordinates of the town are 0°36'54.0"S, 30°02'42.0"E (Latitude:-0.6150; Longitude:30.0450).{{google maps| title=Location of Mitooma, Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B036'54.0%22S+30%C2%B002'42.0%22E/@-0.6170464,30.0465039,233m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-0.615!4d30.045 |access-date=6 February 2021}} Mitooma sits at an average elevation of 1545 m above mean sea level.

Population

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In 2015, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of Mitooma Town Council at 5,700. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 6,000 people. Of these, an estimated 3,100 (51.7 percent) were females and 2,900 (48.3 percent) males. UBOS calculated that the town's population increased at an average rate of 1.03 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within or close to Mitooma Town Council.

  1. The offices of Mitooma Municipal Council

  2. The headquarters of Mitooma District Administration

  3. Mitooma Central Market

  4. The western end of the tarmacked 12.5 km Kashenyi–Mitooma Road, is located here.

  5. The 31 km Mitooma–Rukungiri Road, a heavily pot-holed dirt road starts here to end at Rukungiri, in Rukungiri District.

References

References

  2. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (14 June 2020). "The population development of Mitooma as well as related information and services". Citypopulation.de.
  3. Places In The World. (6 February 2021). "Mitooma Town Council is a municipality in Ruhinda County in Mitooma District in Western Region in Uganda". Places In The World.
  4. "Road Distance Between Bushenyi, Uganda And Mitooma, Uganda, With Map".
  5. "Road Distance Between Mbarara, Uganda And Mitooma, Uganda, With Map".
  6. Fallingrain. (6 February 2021). "Elevation of Mitooma, Uganda". Fallingrain.com.
  7. "Road Distance Between Mitooma, Uganda And Rukungiri, Uganda".

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