Buliisa
{{Short description|Ugandan town}}
{{About|the town|the district of which it is headquarters|Buliisa District}}
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Buliisa, also Bulisa, is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the headquarters of the Buliisa District. Neighborhoods within Buliisa Municipality include Wanseko and Kasenyi.{{cite web|date=20 August 2017 |
url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1460143/buliisa-oil-industrial-begins |title=Work on Buliisa oil industrial area begins |newspaper=New Vision |author=Pascal Kwesiga |
access-date=8 October 2020 |place=Kampala}}
Location
Buliisa is located in the northwestern corner of Buliisa District, along the shores of Lake Albert, approximately {{convert|91|km|0}}, by road, north of Hoima, the largest city in the Bunyoro sub-region.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hoima/Bulisa/@1.7700198,31.1246337,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1764c4a7b499f725:0x8745fcdfa38aa3ed!2m2!1d31.3484448!2d1.4273554!1m5!1m1!1s0x176ff13d5f0d5e7d:0x66f2b31ab8e932f!2m2!1d31.417046!2d2.1127266!3e0 | title=Road Distance From Hoima To Buliisa |access-date=8 October 2020}} This is approximately {{convert|299|km|0}}, by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Bulisa/@0.126747,31.3761169,6.75z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x176ff13d5f0d5e7d:0x66f2b31ab8e932f!2m2!1d31.417046!2d2.1127266!3e0 |
title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Buliisa |access-date=8 October 2020}} The geographical coordinates of Buliisa Town are:02°07'18.0"N, 31°24'56.0"E (Latitude:2.121667; Longitude:31.415556).{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/2%C2%B007'18.0%22N+31%C2%B024'56.0%22E/@2.1216667,31.4155556,392m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Buliisa Town, Buliisa District, Western Region, Uganda |access-date=8 October 2020}} The town sits at an average elevation of {{convert|627|m|0}} above mean sea level.{{cite web |date=8 October 2020 |url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UG/C5/Bulisa.html |title=Elevation of Buliisa Town, Western Uganda |publisher=Fallingrain.com |author=Fallingrain |access-date=8 October 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223161658/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UG/C5/Bulisa.html |url-status=live }}
Overview
Buliisa is on the northeastern shores of Lake Albert. The town gained prominence during the 2000s because of the large hydrocarbon deposits that have been discovered underground in the district and elsewhere in the Bunyoro sub-region.{{cite web| url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122251143 |title=Oil Find In Uganda Cause For Hope, Caution |publisher=National Public Radio |date=3 February 2010 |author=Gwen Thompkins |access-date=8 October 2020 |
location=Washington, DC}}
Population
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of Buliisa at 7,600 in July 2015. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 9,500. Of these, approximately 5,000 (52.6 percent) are males and approximately 4,500 (47.4 percent) are females. UBOS estimates that the town's population has grown at an average annual rate of 4.56 percent, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/western/admin/buliisa/SC0624__buliisa/ |title=The population development of Buliisa Municipality as well as related information and services |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=1 July 2020 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |author-link=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=8 October 2020 |place=Kampala |archive-date=13 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013133946/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/western/admin/buliisa/SC0624__buliisa/ |url-status=live }}{{Historical populations|2015|7,600|2020|9,500|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Infrastructure
The infrastructure already installed or in development in Buliisa Municipality and its neighborhood include: 1. Buliisa Health Center IV{{cite web |title=Uganda: Oil Company Helps Pay for Western Uganda Unit |date=8 September 2015 |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201509091603.html |newspaper=East African Business Week |access-date=8 October 2020 |author=East African Business Week |format=via AllAfrica.com |place=Kampala |archive-date=16 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160516040953/http://allafrica.com/stories/201509091603.html |url-status=live }} 2. Offices of Buliisa Town Council 3. Buliisa Resource Center
4. Offices of Buliisa District Council{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1011495/poor-skills-cost-locals-juicy-oil-industry-jobs |title=Poor skills cost locals juicy oil industry jobs |newspaper=New Vision |date=17 May 2011 |author=Ibrahim Kasita |access-date=8 October 2020 | location=Kampala}} 5. The northern Central Processing Facility (CPF) and 6. The northern crude oil intake pipeline from Buliisa to the Uganda Oil Refinery and the Uganda-Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline in Kabaale, Hoima District.
The {{convert|111|km|0}} Hoima–Butiaba–Wanseko Road terminates in Wanseko, a northern suburb of Buliisa Municipality.{{cite web | date=3 April 2020 | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1517463/construct-hoima-butiaba-wanseko-road-halted | title=Construct works on Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road halted | newspaper=New Vision | author=Harriet Kugonza | access-date=8 October 2020 | location=Kampala | archive-date=16 October 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016154210/https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1517463/construct-hoima-butiaba-wanseko-road-halted | url-status=live }}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.oilinuganda.org/features/land/compensation-brings-temporary-excitement-to-buliisa-locals.html Compensation Brings Temporary Excitement to Buliisa Locals]
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Category:Populated places in Western Region, Uganda