Iganga

Iganga is located in Uganda's Busoga sub-region. It lies approximately {{convert|40|km|mi}} northeast of the city of Jinja on the highway between Jinja and Tororo.{{google maps|

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This is approximately {{convert|108|km|mi}}, by road, southwest of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region.{{google maps|

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access-date=28 December 2020}} The coordinates of the town of Iganga are:0°36'54.0"N, 33°29'06.0"E (Latitude:0.6150; Longitude:33.4850).{{google maps|access-date=2 July 2015 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B036'54.0%22N+33%C2%B029'06.0%22E/@0.6069211,33.4674207,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0| title=Location of Iganga Town}}

Points of interest in the town include the DevelopNet Iganga Project, which houses an Internet cafe and a community center for the Iganga District NGO/CBO Forum. International Hand Iganga is a non-governmental organization operating in the area supporting education and community development. Iganga town has several Internet cafes, guest houses, and a bustling market in the center of town adjacent to the taxi park. The town also has religious buildings like churches and mosques.

Iganga is served by a station on the Uganda Railways. The highway from the city of Jinja passes through Iganga, continuing on to Bugiri and Tororo, as the Jinja–Iganga–Bugiri–Tororo Road. From there it continues to the international border with Kenya at Malaba, approximately {{convert|104|km|0}} east of Iganga.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Iganga/Malaba,+Kenya/@0.5849259,33.2240046,9z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ef28a75729ee9:0x2a5b0f015719e99d!2m2!1d33.4719832!2d0.6045833!1m5!1m1!1s0x177f6e3c7a673355:0x14a8ad3ffb866998!2m2!1d34.2782765!2d0.636206!3e0 | title=Distance Between Iganga, Uganda And Malaba, Uganda | access-date=28 December 2020}}

In 2002, the national census estimated Iganga's population at 39,500. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 51,800. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of Iganga at 53,700.{{cite web| url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |title=Estimated Population of Iganga In 2002, 2010 & 2011 |access-date=31 May 2014 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2014 }} In 2014, the national population census put Iganga's population at 53,870.{{cite web|url=http://citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html|title=The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants| date=27 August 2014| access-date=23 February 2015| publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}

In 2015, the population of the town was estimated at 56,500. In 2020, the mid-year population of Iganga Town was projected at 65,500. The population grew at an average annual rate of 3.0 percent, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/eastern/admin/007__iganga/ |title=The population development in Iganga as well as related information and services |work=Citypopulation.de | date=14 June 2020 |author=Citypopulation.de |access-date=1 August 2022 |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}{{Historical populations| 2002|39,500|2010|51,800|2011|53,700|2014|53,870|2015|56,500|2020|65,500|||align=none|footnote=source:}}

Iganga General Hospital also known as Nakavule Hospital,

serves the residents of the municipality of Iganga, as well as the rest of the district.{{cite web| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1154065/fought-corruption-iganga-hospital-bageya |title=I fought corruption in Iganga Hospital, says Bageya |newspaper=New Vision |date=19 February 2006 |author=George Bita |access-date=29 December 2020}}{{cite web|access-date=29 December 2020 | url=https://www.independent.co.ug/ministry-of-health-clears-iganga-hospital-power-bills/ |title=Ministry of Health clears Iganga hospital power bills |date=22 May 2020 |location=Kampala |

newspaper=The Independent (Uganda) Quoting Uganda Radio Network |author=Uganda Radio Network}}

The hospital was rated to be a leading performer of general hospitals in Uganda financially, though its facilities and infrastructure are in need of updates.{{cite web |url=https://www.iganga.go.ug/dept/health |title=Health Services In Iganga District |publisher=Iganga District Administration |date=2020 |author=Iganga District Health Department |access-date=29 December 2020 |location=Iganga}} The hospital was renovated as part of a seven hospital renovation project by the Ugandan government in November 2015.{{cite web|title=Uganda: Renovation of Seven Hospitals Complete |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201511061106.html | date=6 November 2015 |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | author=Racheal Ninsiima |access-date=29 December 2020 |

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Efforts have been made to establish emergency medical services in Iganga, most notably with the development of a lay first responder program in 2016 by international collaborators from Washington University in St. Louis, LFR International and the Uganda Red Cross Society.{{Cite journal |doi = 10.1007/s00268-018-4467-3|pmid = 29349487|title = Lay First Responder Training in Eastern Uganda: Leveraging Transportation Infrastructure to Build an Effective Prehospital Emergency Care Training Program|journal = World Journal of Surgery|volume = 42|issue = 8|pages = 2293–2302|year = 2018|last1 = Delaney|first1 = Peter G.|last2 = Bamuleke|first2 = Richard|last3 = Lee|first3 = Yang Jae}}{{cite web|url=https://source.wustl.edu/2018/04/an-innovation-mindset/ |title=An innovation mindset: From launching a first aid program in Uganda to using artificial intelligence in medical billing, Peter Delaney finds innovative answers to persistent problems |publisher=Washington University in St. Louis |

date=20 April 2018 |author=Diane Toroian Keaggy |access-date=29 December 2020 |location=St. Louis, Missouri, United States}}

The following points of interest lie within or near Iganga:{{google maps| access-date=28 December 2020 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iganga/@0.6050791,33.4776594,3140m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x177ef28a75729ee9:0x2a5b0f015719e99d!8m2!3d0.6045833!4d33.4719832 |title=Satellite Map of Iganga Town And Neighboring Communities}}

1. Iganga District Administration headquarters

2. Iganga Town Council offices

3. Busoga University, located {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of Iganga between Iganga and Jinja

4. Iganga General Hospital, a 120-bed public hospital funded by the Uganda Ministry of Health

5. Iganga Railway Station

6. Iganga central market.

• Andrew Kiiza Kaluya Namitego: He is the elected member of parliament for Kigulu County South, Iganga District.
• Kyeru Phiona Bridget, Model and Former Miss Tourism Uganda

• Sleeping sickness
• List of cities and towns in Uganda

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.internationalhand.org International Hand Foundation]
• [http://www.dnetiganga.org DevelopNet Iganga homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813191416/http://dnetiganga.org/ |date=2020-08-13 }}
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110704224802/http://www.busogauniversity.ac.ug/ Busoga University homepage]

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Category:Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda

Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley

Category:Busoga

Category:Iganga District