Bugamba
{{Short description|Ugandan settlement}}
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Bugamba is an urban centre in the Western Region of Uganda. It is one of the trading centres in Mbarara District.{{cite web| url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-8657884.html |title=Bugamba, Rwampara County, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda | date=March 2020 |publisher=Mindat.org |access-date=11 March 2020 |author=Mindat.org |place=Keswick, Virginia, United States}}
Location
Bugamba is located in Bugamba sub-county, Rwampara District, approximately {{convert|27|km|0}}, by road, southwest of Mbarara, the nearest large city.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bugamba/Mbarara/@-0.6701942,30.5177929,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d93e232c389867:0x83ebc35dcb3be8e1!2m2!1d30.516667!2d-0.733333!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d91bb20d9cd3e3:0x883a0deaec00c519!2m2!1d30.6545022!2d-0.6071596!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Mbarara, Uganda And Bugamba, Uganda |access-date=9 August 2021}}
This is approximately {{convert|60|km|0}}, by road, northwest of the town of Kikagati at the international border with Tanzania.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bugamba/Kikagati/@-0.9369793,30.4058284,10.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d93e232c389867:0x83ebc35dcb3be8e1!2m2!1d30.516667!2d-0.733333!1m5!1m1!1s0x19dbd87e5697d4cf:0xa945bd41f94dff67!2m2!1d30.66357!2d-1.0383579!3e0 |title=Road Distance between Bugamba, Mbarara District, Uganda and Kikagati, Isingiro District, Uganda |access-date=9 August 2021}}
The geographical coordinates of Bugamba are:0°43'57.0"S, 30°30'58.0"E (Latitude:-0.732500; Longitude:30.516111).{{google maps |access-date=11 March 2020 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B043'57.0%22S+30%C2%B030'58.0%22E/@-0.7319206,30.5162904,1570m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-0.7325!4d30.5161111 |title=Location of Bugamba, Mbarara District, Western Region, Uganda}} Bugamba sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1505|m|0}}, above sea level.{{cite web|access-date=11 March 2020 | url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=234604 | title=Elevation of Bugamba, Mbarara District, Uganda |date=2019 |publisher=Floodmap.net |author=Floodmap.net}}
Overview
Bugamba Trading Centre hosts the headquarters of Bugamba sub-county, which, according to the 2014 national population census and household survey, was home to 35,202 people, of whom 18,066 were female and 17,136 were male.{{cite web|
url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/census/documents/Uganda/UGA-2014-11.pdf |format=PDF |
title=National Population And Housing Census 2014: Appendix 3: Households and Population by Subcounty/Town Council/Urban Division and Sex, 2014: Mbarara District, Rwampara County, Bugamba Sub-county |page=61|publisher=United Nations Statistics Division |date=November 2014 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |author-link=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=11 March 2020 |place=New York City}}
Prominent people
Bugamba is te birthplace of Francis K. Butagira, a lawyer, judge, politician and former ambassador. He served as Uganda's Ambassador to Austria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Germany, the United Nations and the Vatican.{{cite web|publisher=United Nations Information Service Vienna |author=United Nations Information Service Vienna | url=http://www.unis.unvienna.org/unis/en/news/2005/bios60ga.html | title=Biography of Francis Butagira (Uganda): Third Committee Chairman (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural), from 13 June 2005 | access-date=11 March 2020 |date=2005 |place=Vienna, Austria}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.mbarara.go.ug/sites/default/files/downloads/Statistical%20Abstract%202017%20Final.pdf Mbarara District Local Government Statistical Abstract 2016/17]
Category:Populated places in Western Region, Uganda