Kasese

Kasese is located approximately {{Convert|380|km|mi}} west from Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, {{convert|40|km|0}} north-east of Mpondwe, a town at the international border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).{{google maps|

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The coordinates of Kasese are 0°11'12.0"N, 30°05'17.0"E (Latitude:0.186667; Longitude:30.088050).{{google maps|

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{{Weather box

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| location = Kasese (1961–1990)

| Jan high C = 30.6

| Feb high C = 31.1

| Mar high C = 30.8

| Apr high C = 29.8

| May high C = 29.3

| Jun high C = 29.6

| Jul high C = 29.4

| Aug high C = 29.6

| Sep high C = 29.8

| Oct high C = 29.3

| Nov high C = 28.7

| Dec high C = 29.0

| Jan low C = 16.3

| Feb low C = 17.0

| Mar low C = 17.4

| Apr low C = 17.8

| May low C = 17.4

| Jun low C = 16.7

| Jul low C = 16.4

| Aug low C = 16.9

| Sep low C = 16.7

| Oct low C = 16.5

| Nov low C = 16.8

| Dec low C = 15.7

| rain colour = green

| Jan rain mm = 27.9

| Feb rain mm = 37.8

| Mar rain mm = 83.9

| Apr rain mm = 130.1

| May rain mm = 100.2

| Jun rain mm = 45.8

| Jul rain mm = 36.7

| Aug rain mm = 67.5

| Sep rain mm = 87.9

| Oct rain mm = 115.7

| Nov rain mm = 104.2

| Dec rain mm = 62.3

| unit rain days = 1.0 mm

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The national census of 1969 enumerated the population of Kasese Town at 7,213 people. In 1980, the population census that year put the population of the town at 9,917. In 1991, the national census numerated 18,750 inhabitants in Kasese. That population had increased to 85,697 people, according to the 2002 national census. On 27 August 2014, the census and national housing survey enumerated 101,065 people in Kasese Town Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ | title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections |work=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics |date=14 June 2020 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 August 2021}}

In 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of the town at 115,400 inhabitants. UBOS calculated that the population of Kasese Municipality increased at an average rate of 2.3 percent annually, between 2014 and 2020.

File:Old Kasese Train Station.jpg{{Historical populations| 1969|7,213|1980|9,917|1991|18,750|2002|85,697|2014|101,065|2020|

115,400|||align=none|footnote=source:}}

During the 1990s Kasese Town was one of the fastest growing municipalities in Uganda. The reasons for this rapid population growth include:{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1336451/causes-river-nyamambwa-floods | title=Causes of River Nyamambwa floods | location=Kampala | access-date=13 May 2016 | date=10 January 2014 | newspaper=New Vision |

author=Alex Kwatampora Binego}}

• Increased tourism - Kasese is the gateway to Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of the most popular in Uganda, and the Rwenzori National Park.{{cite web | url=http://www.ugandawildlife.org/explore-our-parks/parks-by-name-a-z/rwenzori-mountains-national-park | title=Rwenzori Mountains National Park: Tourism: "Kasese, 437 km west of Uganda's capital Kampala, is the gateway to the park" | access-date=13 May 2016 | date=13 May 2016 | location=Entebbe | publisher=Ugandawildlife.org (UWO) | last=UWO | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522235502/http://www.ugandawildlife.org/explore-our-parks/parks-by-name-a-z/rwenzori-mountains-national-park | archive-date=22 May 2016 }}
• Kilembe Mines employs a large number of workers; over 3,000 as of January 2015.{{cite web | newspaper=The EastAfrican | url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/business/Copper-production-to-resume-at-Kilembe-/-/2560/2585030/-/tgtux1/-/index.html | title=Copper production to resume at Kilembe | access-date=13 May 2016 | date=10 January 2015 | last=Khisa |first=Isaac | location=Nairobi}}
• Hima Cement Limited is another big employer located in Hima, approximately {{convert|24|km|0}}, by road, north of Kasese.{{cite web | access-date=13 May 2016 | date=13 May 2016 | last=GFC | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kasese%2C%20Western%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Hima%2C%20Western%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJ27nqCi3yYRcRcP7Ml11wWSQ&dt2=ChIJsaDATV4gYhcR9dqQJYs5yDU | title=Distance between Kasese, Western Region, Uganda and Hima, Western Region, Uganda | publisher=Globefeed.com (GFC)}}
• Increased trade with the eastern districts of the DRC. The border town of Mpondwe is only {{convert|60|km|mi}} south-west of Kasese.

Kasese Cobalt Company Limited (KCCL), located on the road from Kasese to Rubirizi just south of the central business district of Kasese, extracts cobalt from the sludge left after copper is extracted from the raw ore.{{cite web|publisher=China Africa Reporting|first=Fredrick|

url=http://china-africa-reporting.co.za/2015/01/chinese-consortium-to-revive-ugandas-copper-mines/| title=Chinese consortium to revive Uganda’s copper mines|access-date=13 May 2016|date=31 January 2015 |last=Mugira}}

File:Kilembe Copper Mine.jpg

The following points of interest lie within the town or close to its edges:

• Seat of Obusinga Bwa Rwenzururu
• headquarters of Kasese District
• offices of Kasese town council
• Kasese central market
• branch of the National Social Security Fund
• Hima Cement Limited
• Kasese Airport
• Kilembe Cobalt Company Limited
• Kilembe Mines - Extraction of copper. Maintains a private hospital and a 5-megawatt mini-hydropower plant, Mubuku I Power Station, that supplies the town of Kasese.{{cite web | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/656371-kilembe-mines-rehabilitation-starts.html | title=Kilembe mines rehabilitation starts | publisher=New Vision | date=7 June 2014 |

access-date=13 September 2015 | first=Wilson | last=Asiimwe}}

• Kilembe Mines Hospital - A 200-bed community hospital administered by Kilembe Mines Limited.{{cite web | access-date=1 July 2015 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Four-killed-as-floods-sweep-Kilembe-Mines-Hospital/-/688334/2310186/-/89v006z/-/index.html | date=13 September 2015 | title=Four killed as floods sweep Kilembe Mines hospital | last=Enid Ninsiima | first=and Thembo Kahungu Misairi | newspaper=Daily Monitor | location=Kampala | archive-date=18 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618123552/https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Four-killed-as-floods-sweep-Kilembe-Mines-Hospital/-/688334/2310186/-/89v006z/-/index.html | url-status=dead }}{{cite web |

url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/643527-kilembe-hospital-re-opens.html | title=Kilembe Hospital re-opens | access-date=13 September 2015 | date=4 June 2013 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | first=John | last=Thawite}}{{cite web | title=Five perish as fresh floods hit Kasese | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/655378-five-perish-as-fresh-floods-hit-kasese.html | access-date=13 September 2015 | date=8 May 2014 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | first=and Taddeo Bwambale | last=John Thawite}}

• List of cities and towns in Uganda
• Kagando Hospital
• Railway stations in Uganda

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{{Wikivoyage}}

• [https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/kasese-leaders-question-omission-from-elevated-cities- Kasese Leaders Question Omission from Elevated Cities] As of 29 May 2019.
• [https://www.independent.co.ug/kasese-municipality-records-major-leap-in-revenue-collections/ Kasese municipality records major leap in revenue collections] As of 22 May 2021.

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Category:Rwenzururu sub-region

Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley

Category:Populated places in Western Region, Uganda