Butaleja

For Butaleja District, see Butaleja District.

Butaleja
Butaleja is located in Uganda
Butaleja
Butaleja
Location in Uganda
Coordinates: 00°55′30″N 33°56′42″E / 0.92500°N 33.94500°E / 0.92500; 33.94500
Country Uganda
RegionEastern Uganda
DistrictButaleja District
Elevation
3,600 ft (1,100 m)
Population
 (2020 Estimates)
 • Total
24,000[1]

Butaleja is a town in Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the district headquarters and the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Butaleja District. The district is named after the town.[2]

Location

Butaleja is located approximately 42.5 kilometres (26 mi) southwest of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region.[3] It is approximately 48 kilometres (30 mi) northwest of Tororo, in Tororo District, the nearest large town.[4]

Butaleja is located about 254 kilometres (158 mi) northeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[5] The coordinates of the town are:0°55'30.0"N, 33°56'42.0"E (Latitude:0.9250; Longitude:33.9450).[6] Butaleja Town Council sits at an average elevation of 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) above mean sea level.[7]

Population

In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimates the town's population at 5,500. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 5,700.[8] In 2014, the national population census put the population of Butaleja at 19,561.[9]

In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Butaleja Town Council at 20,200. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 24,000. Of these, 12,000 (50 percent) were females and another 12,000 (50 percent) were males. UBOS calculated the population growth rate of Butaleja Town to average 3.51 percent, annually, between 2015 and 2020.[1]

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within town:[6]

1. The headquarters of Butaleja District Administration

2. Butaleja Central Market

3. A mobile branch of PostBank Uganda

4. The offices of Butaleja Town Council

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Citypopulation.de (14 June 2020). "Estimated Population of Butaleja Town Council" (Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics). Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. ^ Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda (2016). "Profile of Butaleja District, Eastern Region, Uganda" (PDF). Kampala: Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Road Distance Between Butaleja, Uganda And Mbale, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Road Distance Between Tororo, Uganda And Butaleja, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Map Showing Kampala And Butaleja With Distance Marker" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Location of Butaleja, Eastern Region, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  7. ^ AWE Environmental Engineers EIA Partnership (April 2018). "Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for Mbale & Small Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project, Final Report" (Reference No.: NWSC-HQRS/SRVCS/ 13-14/158804). Kampala: The World Bank Group. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  8. ^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics (July 2014). "Estimated Population of Butaleja In 2010 And 2011" (PDF). Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (Archived from the original on 7 July 2014) on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  9. ^ Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). "The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections" (Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics). Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 January 2021.


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