Mubende

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title: "Mubende" 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", "mubende-district"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mubende" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Mubende is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mubende District and is the location of the district headquarters.{{cite web|accessdate=1 August 2015| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Municipal-status-excites-Mubende-residents/-/688334/2815640/-/ep6y51z/-/index.html| title=Municipal Status Excites Mubende Residents|date=1 August 2015 |first=Godfrey|last=Mayengo|newspaper=Daily Monitor| location=Kampala}}

Location

Mubende is approximately 150 km, by road, west of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and its largest city.{{google maps|title=Distance Between Kampala And Mubende With Map |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Mubende/@0.4372528,31.4249586,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763241c7be83eb1:0x4704f8c044e3382c!2m2!1d31.3884671!2d0.5539013!3e0 |access-date=23 January 2021}} The town is located about 145 km east of the city of Fort Portal along the Mubende–Kyegegwa–Kyenjojo–Fort Portal Road.{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Fort+Portal/Mubende/@0.5780295,30.2715542,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763da423ccd41c1:0xb3115cac70684750!2m2!1d30.2801166!2d0.6546257!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763241c7be83eb1:0x4704f8c044e3382c!2m2!1d31.3884671!2d0.5539013!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Fort Portal And Mubende | access-date=23 January 2021}} The geographical coordinates of the town are 0°33'27.0"N, 31°23'42.0"E (Latitude:0.5575; Longitude:31.3950). Mubende Town sits at an average elevation of 1408 m above mean sea level.

Overview

Mubende is home to the Nakayima Shrine, said to hold the spirit of Ndahura, a former Bacwezi king.{{cite web | url=http://www.speedwaysafaris.com/tourist-sites-in-uganda/nakayima-tree.html | title=Nakayima Tree Uganda | date=1 August 2014 | accessdate=1 August 2015 | publisher=Speedwaysafaris.com (SSC) | last=SSC}} The site, located about 4 km outside of the town's central business district, is marked by the Nakayima tree. Large root buttresses, which form nooks and fissures, lie at the base of the tree.

The shrine is located on top of Mubende Hill, rising 213 m above the surrounding terrain to a peak of 1533 m above sea level. The hill has a flat top where an ancient palace once stood. The shrine is visited by people paying homage to the matriarch Nakayima of the Bachwezi, believed to be semi-gods, whose dynasty ruled this region in the period prior to 1,300 AD.{{cite web | title=Profile of Mubende Town | accessdate=1 August 2015 | url=http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/mubende-district.html | publisher=Uganda Travel Bureau (UTB) | last=UTB | date=1 August 2015}}

Population

The 2002 national census estimated the population of Mubende to be 16,000. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 21,400. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 22,200.{{cite web | url=https://www.webcitation.org/6DmnBIvC2?url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |title=Estimated Population of Mubende In 2002, 2010 & 2011 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |date=2012 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=23 January 2021 |location=Kampala |format=Archived from the original on 19 January 2013}} In 2014, the national population census put the population of the town at 103,473. In 2020 UBOS estimated the mid-population of Mubende Town at 121,600 people. The population agency calculated the annual population growth rate of Mubende at 2.8 percent, on average, from 2014 until 2020.{{cite web| url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ |title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=14 June 2020 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=23 January 2021 |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within the town limits or near its edges:

  1. The offices of Mubende Town Council

  2. Mubende Regional Referral Hospital, a regional referral hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health

  3. Mubende Central Market

  4. A branch of the National Social Security Fund

  5. The headquarters of the Tiger Battalion of the Uganda People's Defence Force, located in the western part of the town

  6. The southern end of Mubende–Kakumiro–Kibaale–Kagadi Road

  7. The source of the River Muzizi, in the hills northwest of the town

  8. Mubende Campus of Muteesa I Royal University.

  9. Fliptown and the Flippers. The Fliptown Hub, Home of the youths' New Hometown World Movement in Uganda.

References

References

  1. "Location of Mubende Town, Central Region, Uganda".
  2. Floodmap. (23 January 2021). "Elevation of Mubende Town, Central Region, Uganda". Floodmap.net.
  3. GAM. (7 January 2016). "Elevation of Mubende Hill". Getamap.net (GAM).
  4. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (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.

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