Kayunga Explained

Official Name:Kayunga
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Map Caption:Map of Uganda showing the location of Kayunga.
Pushpin Map:Uganda
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uganda
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central Region of Uganda
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kayunga District
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Ntenjeru County
Population As Of:2020 Estimate
Population Total:30000
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:0.7033°N 32.9036°W
Elevation M:1063

Kayunga is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kayunga District.[1]

Location

Kayunga is approximately 72km (45miles) northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on an all-weather tarmac highway. It lies 49km (30miles) northwest of the city of Jinja, Uganda's second industrial city, also on an all-weather tarmac highway.

The coordinates of the town are 0°42'12.0"N, 32°54'13.0"E (Latitude:0.703333; Longitude:32.903611). Kayunga Town sits at an average elevation of 1063m (3,488feet) above average sea level.[2]

Population

According to the last national population census of 2002, Kayunga town had a population of about 19,800. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 23,100. According to UBOS, the mid-year population was estimated at 23,600 in 2011.[3] In 2014, the national population census put the population at 26,588.[4] In 2015 UBOS estimated the population of Kayunga Town at 27,400. In 2020, he population agency estimated the id-year population at 30,000 people. Of these, 15,600 (52 percent) were females and 14,400 (48 percent) were males. UBOS calculated the growth rate of Kayunga's population to average 1.8 percent every year, between 2015 and 2020.[5]

Points of interest

The following points of interest are located within or close to the town limits:

The offices of Kayunga Town Council and Kayunga District Administration are located in the center of town. Also located here are the head office of Kayunga Journalists Association and the headquarters of Rural Initiative for Development and Empowerment (RIDE-UGANDA), a non-government organisation, as well as Kayunga Central Market.

In the middle of town, is the 200-bed Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital. The facility was renovated and expanded between 2018 and 2021, at a cost of USh70 billion (approx. US$20 million at that time).[6] [7]

The southern end of the Kayunga–Galiraya Road is located in the centre of town. Also, the western end of Kayunga–Busaana–Nabuganyi Road is located in Kayunga. The 183 megawatts Isimba Hydroelectric Power Station is located 21km (13miles), by road, northeast of the town of Kayunga.[8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kayunga Town is the United nations of Uganda . . 24 April 2018 . Fred Muzaale . 6 Jun 2021 . Kampala.
  2. Web site: Elevation of Kayunga, Uganda . Floodmap.net . 6 Jun 2021 . Floodmap . 6 June 2021.
  3. Web site: 2012 . =Estimated Population of Kayunga In 2002, 2010 & 2011 . . 6 June 2021 . Uganda Bureau of Statistics . Kampala . https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf . 2014-07-07 . Archived from the original on 7 July 2014.
  4. Web site: The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants . 27 August 2014 . 25 February 2015 . UBOS . Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics.
  5. Web site: 14 June 2020 . The population development of Kayunga as well as related information and services . 6 June 2021 . Citypopulation.de . Uganda Bureau of Statistics . Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics.
  6. Web site: Ministry of Health to elevate Kayunga general hospital . . 2 July 2020 . . 6 June 2021 . Kampala.
  7. Web site: Fred Muzaale . 5 January 2021 . Kayunga hospital not yet fully equipped, officials say . 5 June 2021 . . Kampala.
  8. Web site: Road Distance Between Kayunga, Uganda And Isimba Dam, Uganda . 6 June 2021.