| Official Name: | Buikwe |
| Native Name: | Buyikwe |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uganda |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Central Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Buikwe District |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Buikwe County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Buikwe South |
| Leader Title: | Member of Parliament |
| Leader Name: | Lulume Bayigga |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
| Population Total: | 18500 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 0.3442°N 33.03°W |
| Elevation M: | 1234 |
| Website: | Homepage |
Buikwe, sometimes spelled Buyikwe, is a town in Buikwe District, Uganda. It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters.[1]
Buikwe is approximately 67km (42miles) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city and 11km (07miles) south-east of Lugazi, the nearest large town. The coordinates of Buikwe Town Council are 0°20'36.0"N, 33°01'44.0"E (Latitude:0.343333; Longitude:33.028889).
Buikwe is a small town in the south-east of the Central Region. It is the home base of the Nalubaale Football Club.[2]
On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Buikwe's population at 16,633.[3] In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Buikwe at 16,800 people. In 2020, he population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 18,500, of whom 9,700 (52.4 percent) were female and 8,800 (47.6 percent) were male. UBOS calculated the annual rate of population growth of the town to average 1.95 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.[4]
The following points of interest are found in or near Buikwe Town Council.
The offices of Buikwe District Administration, the offices of Buikwe Town Council and Buikwe Central Market. Also found here is St. Charles Lwanga Buikwe Hospital, an 80-bed community hospital founded by missionaries from the Czech Republic.[5]
The town also hosts a number of places of worship; including Buikwe Full Gospel Church, affiliated with the Pentecostal Movement, Buikwe Church of Uganda, Buikwe Seventh Day Adventist Church and Buikwe Roman Catholic Church.