Busia, Uganda
{{for|the Kenyan town|Busia, Kenya}}
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Busia is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of the Busia District, with the district headquarters located there.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/02/world/busia-journal-where-uganda-and-kenya-collide.html |title=Busia Journal; Where Uganda and Kenya Collide |access-date=24 February 2018 |
date=2 April 1994 |first=Donatella |last=Lorch |location=New York City |newspaper=The New York Times}}
History
In the Eastern Uganda campaign of 1979, Tanzania People's Defence Force soldiers destroyed a Uganda Army truck near Busia, killing several Ugandan soldiers.{{sfn|Venter|1979|pp=28–29}}
Location
Busia is at the border of Kenya, adjacent to the similarly named town of Busia, Kenya. Busia, Uganda is approximately {{convert|196|km|0}}, by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Busia+Uganda/@0.4784413,32.2151343,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177fa0e07078428b:0x6c1d4dd11b933d52!2m2!1d34.0919803!2d0.4706692!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Busia, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=6 July 2021}} This is approximately {{convert|28.5|km|0}}, by road, south of the town of Tororo, the nearest large town in Uganda.{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Busia+Uganda/0.6884317,34.1890428/@0.7214197,34.3018109,10.63z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m10!1m1!1s0x177fa0e07078428b:0x6c1d4dd11b933d52!2m2!1d34.0919803!2d0.4706692!3m4!1m2!1d34.1261308!2d0.5354821!3s0x177f0b1d9f03f6e1:0x177ed4809415b4de!1m0!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Busia, Uganda And Tororo, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=6 July 2021}}
The geographical coordinates of Busia, Uganda are 0°28'01.0"N, 34°05'24.0"E (Latitude:0.4669; Longitude:34.0900).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B028'01.0%22N+34%C2%B005'24.0%22E/@0.485804,34.079257,11z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Busia, Uganda At Google Maps | access-date=2 July 2015}} Busia, Uganda sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1198|m|ft}} above sea level.{{cite web| url=http://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=234077 |title=Elevation of Busia, Uganda |access-date=24 February 2018 |date=24 February 2018 |publisher=Floodmap.net | last=FloodMap.net}}
Population
In 1969, the national census that year enumerated 1,146 inhabitants in the town. In 1980, that year's census enumerated 8,663 people. According to the 1991 national census, there were 27,967 people in the town. In 2002, the national census that year put the town's population at 36,630. In August 2014, the national population census and household survey put the population at 54,798.
In 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the mid-year population of Busia, Uganda at 64,900 people. The population agency calculated the average rate of the population growth of Busia, Uganda to be 2.94 percent annually, between 2014 and 2020.{{cite web| work=Citypopulation.de | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ |date=14 June 2020 |title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=6 July 2021 |format=Citypopulaion.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}
{{Historical populations| 1969|1,146|1980|8,663|1991|27,967|2002|36,630|2014|54,798|2020|64,900|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Economy
In 2005, Busia was the busiest border crossing between Uganda and Kenya.{{cite web|first=David |publisher=New Vision | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1143095/busia-leads-border-trade |title=Busia Leads In Border Trade |date=10 August 2006 |last=Muwanga |access-date=14 November 2018|
location=Kampala}} In 2011, the border post averaged 894 vehicle crossings every 24 hours. It was expected that in May 2016, the construction of a one-stop-border-crossing between Busia, Uganda and Busia, Kenya will conclude.{{cite web |date=28 April 2016 |first=Lilian |last=Ochieng |url=http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Malaba--Busia-one-stop-border-posts-works-set-to-end-by-July/-/539550/3180680/-/11dv9l5/-/index.html |title=Malaba, Busia one-stop border posts works set to end by July |accessdate=28 April 2016 |newspaper=Business Daily Africa |location=Nairobi |archive-date=7 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507063035/http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Malaba--Busia-one-stop-border-posts-works-set-to-end-by-July/-/539550/3180680/-/11dv9l5/-/index.html |url-status=dead }} The construction on the Ugandan side was completed in May 2016, and that on the Kenyan side concluded in July 2017. The entire project cost US$12 million in both countries, funded by the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom and Global Affairs Canada. The common upgraded border crossing is expected to be commissioned on Saturday, 24 February 2018, jointly by presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda.{{cite web|newspaper=Business Daily Africa |url=https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/economy/Uhuru--Museveni-to-launch-Busia-one-stop-border-post/3946234-4316584-d4mmam/index.html |title=Uhuru, Museveni to launch Busia one-stop border post |access-date=23 February 2018 |location=Nairobi | first=and Gaitano Pessa |last=Aggey Mutamboby |date=23 February 2018}}
The one-stop-border-post (OSBP) at Busia, is the busiest in the East African Community, with Uganda's exports through the post being valued at UShs798 billion (approximately US$220 million) in the 2016/2017 financial year, according to a high-ranking official of the Uganda Revenue Authority.{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Business/Markets/Who-will-gain-most-Busia-joint-border-post/688606-4322344-vkvdqrz/index.html | title=Who will gain most from Busia joint border post? |
access-date=28 February 2018 | date=28 February 2018 |
newspaper=Daily Monitor |author=Ismail Musa Ladu |
location=Kampala}}
See also
References
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= Works cited =
- {{Cite journal |url = https://archive.org/details/SoFjune1979Ocr_201807/SoF%201979-09-ocr/ |title = Dateline: Uganda. SOF Staffer on the spot in Uganda |last = Venter |first = Al J. |author-link= Al J Venter |date = September 1979 |journal = Soldier of Fortune |publisher = Soldier of Fortune |issue = 9|volume = 4|pages= 28–29, 80–81 }}
External links
{{Wikivoyage|Busia}}
- [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/02/world/busia-journal-where-uganda-and-kenya-collide.html About Busia, Uganda in 1994]
- [http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Uganda/Eastern-Region/blog-364323.html About Busia, Uganda in 2009]
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Category:Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda
Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley