| Official Name: | Ntungamo |
| Other Name: | Ntungamo Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uganda |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Western Region of Uganda |
| Subdivision Type3: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Ankole sub-region |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Ntungamo District |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Population As Of: | 2014 Census |
| Population Total: | 18854. |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | -0.8819°N 30.2653°W |
| Elevation M: | 1400 |
Ntungamo is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the largest town in Ntungamo District and the site of the district headquarters.[1]
Ntungamo is about 65km (40miles) southwest of the city of Mbarara, the largest city in Uganda's Western Region. It is approximately 78km (48miles), by road, northeast of Kabale City, along the Mbarara–Ntungamo–Kabale–Katuna Road. The coordinates of the town are 0°52'55.0"S, 30°15'55.0"E (Latitude:-0.881944; Longitude:30.265278).
Ntungamo is a growing town, located on the Mbarara-Kabale highway. A tarmacked road branches off at Ntungamo to lead to Rukungiri. The town, as of November 2013, was grappling with rapid growth, sanitation, and water supply issues.[2]
The 2002 national census put the population of the town at 13,320. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 16,100. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 16,400.[3] In 2014, the national population census conducted in August that year put the population at 18,854.[4]
In 2015, the population of Ntungamo Municipality was projected at 31,700. In 2020, the mid-year population of the town was projected at 38,800. It was calculated that the population of Ntungamo Town grew at an average annual rate of 1.9 percent, between 2015 and 2020.[5]
The following additional points of interest lie within or close to the town limits:
1. The offices of Ntungamo Town Council
2. Ntungamo Central Market
3. Karegyeya Rock Shelter
4. Itojo Hospital, a 120-bed public hospital owned by the Uganda Ministry of Health, and administered by the Ntungamo District Local administration. It is located 22km (14miles), northeast of Ntungamo, on the Mbarara-Kabale road5. The Ntungamo-Rukungiri Road, an all-tarmac road, starting here and ending in Rukungiri, 51km (32miles) to the northwest.
6. The Mbarara–Ntungamo–Kabale–Katuna Road passes through the town in a general north to south direction.
7. 99.3 Radio Ankole - A local radio station broadcasting in Ntungamo and neighboring districts in Runyankore/Rukiga, Kinyarwanda and English