Bukedea
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|subdivision_name3 = Bukedea District
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|leader_name1 = John Bosco Ikojo
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Bukedea is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the chief municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Bukedea District, and the district headquarters are located there.{{cite web|url=https://www.mindat.org/feature-8657595.html | title=Bukedea Town Council, Bukedea County, Bukedea District, Eastern Region, Uganda |work=Mindat.org |date=22 July 2021 | author=Mindat.org |access-date=22 July 2021}}
Location
Bukedea is situated on the main highway (A-109) between Mbale and Soroti. It is approximately {{convert|69|km|mi}}, by road, southeast of Soroti, the largest city in Teso sub-region.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Soroti/Bukedea/@1.5316228,33.54443,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1779b9ffc3d63557:0x7923a22894bc2ef9!2m2!1d33.6063855!2d1.7131812!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778ee929196b16f:0xbbc9b974644eaed6!2m2!1d34.0432575!2d1.347685!3e0 |
title=Road Distance Between Soroti, Uganda And Bukedea, Uganda |
access-date=30 December 2020}} This is approximately {{convert|35|km|mi}}, by road, northwest of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bukedea/Mbale/@1.212197,33.972263,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778ee929196b16f:0xbbc9b974644eaed6!2m2!1d34.0432575!2d1.347685!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b6126bdea17b:0xb84df43e61b7b568!2m2!1d34.1810057!2d1.0784436!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Bukedea And Mbale |access-date=30 December 2020}} The coordinates of the town are:01 20 51N, 34 02 40E (Latitude:1.347500; Longitude:34.044444).{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B020'51.0%22N+34%C2%B002'40.0%22E/@1.3464226,34.0459665,17z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0|title=Location of Bukedea, Uganda |access-date=3 July 2015}}
Population
File:Rocks in Kachumbala Subcounty, Bukedea District.jpg
According to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), the population of Bukedea Town in 2015, was 11,300. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 13,900, of whom 7,000 (50.4 percent) were females and 6,900 (49.6 percent) were male. The population of the town was calculated to grow at an estimated rate of 4.23 percent annually between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web| title=Estimated Population of Bukedea, Uganda |work=Citypopulation.de |date=14 June 2020 | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/eastern/admin/bukedea/SC1353__bukedea/ |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 December 2020 |
author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}
{{Historical populations| 2015|11,300|2020|13,900|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Points of interest
The following points of interest are located within the town limits or close to the edges of town:
(a) the headquarters of Bukedea District Administration (b) the offices of Bukedea Town Council (c) a mobile branch of PostBank Uganda (d) Bukedea central market, the source of fresh daily produce and (e) the Tororo–Mbale–Soroti Road passes through town in a general southeast to northwest direction.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B020'50.0%22N+34%C2%B002'42.0%22E/@1.3469969,34.0414701,894m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d1.3472222!4d34.045 |title=Map Showing Tororo–Mbale–Soroti Road Going Through Bukedea Town Council, Uganda |
access-date=22 July 2021}}
The area member of parliament (MP), is John Bosco Ikojo, a member of the ruling National Resistance Movement political party, who serves as the chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on the National Economy in the 11th Parliament (2021–2026).{{cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/what-lies-ahead-for-house-committees-3476134 |work=Daily Monitor | title=What Lies Ahead For House Committees |date=16 July 2021 | author=Franklin Draku and Arthur Arnold Wadero |access-date=22 July 2021 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20140517220055/http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/649194-bukedea-town-rewards-cleanest-homes.html Bukedea Town Rewards Cleanest Homes]
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Category:Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda