Mpigi

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title: "Mpigi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mpigi-district", "populated-places-in-central-region,-uganda", "cities-in-the-great-rift-valley"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpigi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Location

Mpigi is an important transit town located approximately 40 km southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, along the Kampala–Masaka Road.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Mpigi/@0.2974353,32.400134,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d750f28c294df:0x8f8fd279a8b29d41!2m2!1d32.3249236!2d0.2273528!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Mpigi, Uganda | access-date=27 January 2021}} The location of Mpigi town makes it an access point to the districts of Mpigi, Wakiso, Butambala, Gomba, Mityana, Kalungu and Kalangala, through various fishing landing sites on the shores of Lake Victoria. On Mbale Hill, which lies within the town, resides one of Buganda's most renowned traditional gods; Kibuuka Omumbaale. This hill is the ancestral home of the "Ndiga" (sheep) clan. The geographical coordinates of the town are 0°13'48.0"N 32°19'48.0"E (Latitude:0.2300, Longitude:32.3300).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B013'48.0%22N+32%C2%B019'48.0%22E/@0.2281596,32.3259667,1570m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.23!4d32.33 |title=Location of Mpigi Municipality, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=27 January 2021}} Mpigi Town Council sits at an average elevation of 1217 m above mean sea level.

Population

At the 2002 national census, the population of Mpigi town was 34,400. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of the town at 38,300. In 2011, the UBOS estimated the population of Mpigi at 38,800. In 2014, the national population census put the population of Mpigi at 43,360.{{cite web| url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ |date=14 June 2020 |publisher=Citypopulation.de |access-date=27 January 2021 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics |title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections}}

In 2015, the UBOS estimated the population of the town at 44,200. In 2020, the population agency estimated Mpigi's mid-year population at 49,500 people, of whom 25,200 (50.9 percent) were female and 24,300 (49.1 percent) were male. The UBOS calculated that the population of Mpigi Town grew at an average rate of 2.29 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web| url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/mpigi/SC0399__mpigi/ |title=The population development of Mpigi Town Council as well as related information and services |date=14 June 2021 |publisher=Citypopulation.de |access-date=27 January 2021 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics)}}

Points of interest

The following points of interest are located inside Mpigi Town or close to its borders:

Drums

The town is well known as the capital of the drum factories such as the ngoma drums. All drums here are handmade.

References

References

  1. (27 January 2021). "Elevation of Mpigi Town, Central Region, Uganda". Floodmap.net.
  2. (June 2011). "Projected Population of Mpigi In 2002, 2010 & 2011". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]].
  3. Daily Monitor. (25 February 2020). "Mpigi health unit suspends surgeries over water crisis". [[Daily Monitor]].
  4. Busein Similu. (3 March 2022). "How The Busega–Mpigi Expressway Will Ease Transport, Spur Economic Development". ChimpReports.
  5. Andrew Kaggwa. (16 October 2021). "Drum makers decry competition". [[Daily Monitor]].

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