Rakai

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image_captionThe aerial view of Rakai Town
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subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameUganda
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Central Uganda
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Rakai District
population_as_of2020 Estimate
population_total8500
timezoneEAT
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coordinates
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Rakai is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the site of the headquarters of Rakai District. Other towns in the district include Kalisizo, Kyotera Kakuuto and Mutukula.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rakai,+Uganda/@-0.6744131,31.4749954,9.5z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x19d81319428b45b3:0x4e7ef40690fcacb8!8m2!3d-0.7069135!4d31.5370003 | title=Map of Rakai District, Showing Major Urban Centers | accessdate=25 October 2016}}

Geography

The nearest town is Kyotera, in Kyotera District, located approximately 22 km, north-east of Rakai.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rakai+town/Kyotera/@-0.6727712,31.404943,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d9c37ee834c6b7:0x17595c5eb630bfb4!2m2!1d31.4084731!2d-0.709917!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d9d74e1f2b544d:0xc3ee133684e8b757!2m2!1d31.5455637!2d-0.6358988!3e0 |title= Distance between Rakai Town, Central Region, Uganda and Kyotera, Central Region, Uganda | access-date=3 January 2021}} Rakai is located about 48 km north-west of the international border with Tanzania at Mutukula. and approximately 66.5 kmsouth-west of Masaka, the nearest large city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rakai+town/Masaka/@-0.5188784,31.4389852,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d9c37ee834c6b7:0x17595c5eb630bfb4!2m2!1d31.4084731!2d-0.709917!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d78e9710fa0cd3:0x3f370f3a43d14b0e!2m2!1d31.7537404!2d-0.3267383!3e0 |title=Distance between Masaka, Central Region, Uganda and Rakai Town, Central Region, Uganda | access-date=3 January 2021}} The town is approximately 199 km south-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Rakai+town/Kampala/@-0.1776245,31.4329736,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d9c37ee834c6b7:0x17595c5eb630bfb4!2m2!1d31.4084731!2d-0.709917!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!3e0 |title=Distance between Rakai Town, Central Region, Uganda and Kampala, Central Region, Uganda | access-date=3 January 2021}} The coordinates of Rakai are 0°42'36.0"S, 31°24'18.0"E (Latitude:-0.7100, Longitude:31.4050).

Population

The 2002 national census put the population of the town at about 5,920. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the mid-year population at 6,900. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 7,000. During the national population census conducted on 27 August 2014, the population was enumerated at 7,592.

In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Rakai Town at 7,500. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 8,500. UBOS calculated the annual growth rate of the town's population to average 2.53 percent, between 2015 and 2020. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Animal_Transportation_in_Rakai_District_South_Western_Uganda.png" caption="Animal Transportation in Rakai District South Western Uganda."] ::

Overview

Rakai is the headquarters of Rakai District, which in the early 1980s, was the epicenter and first district in Uganda to be affected by the AIDS epidemic.

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest are located within the town limits or close to its edges: (a) the offices of Rakai Town Council. (b) Rakai General Hospital, a 100-bed public hospital administered by the Rakai District local government.{{cite web| date=4 December 2012 | accessdate=25 October 2016 | last=Mpagi | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Rakai-Hospital-without-X-ray-machine-for-seven-years/-/688334/1635630/-/3qe1m6/-/index.html | title=Rakai Hospital without X-ray machine for seven years | first=Musa | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala}} (c) Kamuswaga's Palace. (d) the offices of Rakai District Headquarters. (e) Rakai Health Sciences Program, a collaboration between researchers at Makerere University, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University, offering several different health services such as antiretroviral medications, circumcision, health education, and counseling as well as research in the field of HIV/AIDS.

Law enforcement

There is a police station in Rakai Town, administered and operated by the Uganda Police Force.{{cite web| accessdate=25 October 2016 | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1419902/rakai-forward-coordinator-arrested-rebel-links | title=Rakai Go Forward coordinator arrested over rebel links | date=18 March 2016 | first=Dismus | last=Buregyeya | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}

References

References

  1. Bindhe, Edward. (3 May 2012). "Kooki Chief Defies Town Council on Hotel Construction". [[Uganda Radio Network]].
  2. "Distance between Rakai Town, Central Region, Uganda and Mutukula Forex Bureau, Mutukula, Central Region, Uganda".
  3. "Location of Rakai Town, Rakai District, Uganda".
  4. UBOS. (2012). "Estimated Population of Rakai In 2002, 2010 & 2011". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] (UBOS).
  5. UBOS. (November 2014). "National Population And Housing Census 2014: Provisional Results, Revised Edition". [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] (UBOS).
  6. Uganda Bureau of Statistics. (14 June 2020). "Estimated Population of Rakai Town". Cityopulation.de.
  7. Mutyaba, Gertrude. "Rakai: Where Uganda’s HIV fight began". [[Daily Monitor]].
  8. Mugera, Isaac. (10 May 2007). "Kamuswaga's Palace in Ruins Three Years after Reinstatement of Kooki Kingdom". [[Uganda Radio Network]].
  9. "Rakai Health Sciences".

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