| Official Name: | Kumi Town |
| Other Name: | Kumi Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uganda |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Region of Uganda |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Teso sub-region |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kumi District |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
| Population Total: | 36493 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 1.4933°N 33.9375°W |
| Elevation M: | 980 |
Kumi Town, commonly called Kumi, is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center in Kumi District and the site of the district headquarters.
Kumi is approximately 65km (40miles), by road, northwest of Mbale, on the highway between Mbale and Soroti.[1] It is approximately 54km (34miles), by road, southeast of Soroti, the largest town in the Teso sub-region[2] Kumi is about 250km (160miles), by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and its largest city.[3] The coordinates of the town are 1°29'36.0"N, 33°56'15.0"E (Latitude:1.493334; Longitude:33.937500).
The national census in 2002 estimated the population of the town of Kumi at 8,800. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 12,500. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 13,000.[4] In 2014, the national population census and household survey enumerated the population of Kumi Town at 36,493 people, of whom 18,690 (51.2 percent) were female and 17,803 (48.8 percent) were male.[5]
The following additional points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of town: (a) offices of Kumi Town Council (b) Kumi central market (c) Atutur General Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital, administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health (d) main campus of Kumi University, a private institution of tertiary education and located about 8km (05miles) west of the town's central business district[6] and (e) Tororo-Mbale-Soroti Road, passing through town in a southeastern to northwestern direction.[7]