Kayunga
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| official_name = Kayunga
| image_skyline = Uganda Kayunga.png
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| image_caption = Kayunga
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| pushpin_map_caption = Map of Uganda showing the location of Kayunga.
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Central Region of Uganda
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Kayunga District
| subdivision_type3 = County
| subdivision_name3 = Ntenjeru County
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| population_as_of = 2020 Estimate
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| timezone = EAT
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| coordinates = {{coord|00|42|12|N|32|54|13|E|region:UG|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_m = 1063
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Kayunga is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kayunga District.{{cite web|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/homes-and-property/kayunga-town-is-the-united-nations-of-uganda--1752496 |title=Kayunga Town is the United nations of Uganda | newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=24 April 2018 |author=Fred Muzaale |access-date=6 Jun 2021 |location=Kampala}}
Location
Kayunga is approximately {{convert|72|km|0}} northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on an all-weather tarmac highway.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Uganda+Post+Office,+Plot+35+Kampala+Road,+Kampala+P.O.BOX+7106,+KAMPALA/Kayunga/@0.5069007,32.60385,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc808cc2ab43:0x7dd3e9e39634c3b!2m2!1d32.581301!2d0.3133395!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c2353e453606d:0xe2c9e2157350fda8!2m2!1d32.9029088!2d0.7013707!3e0 |
title=Road Distance Between Central Kampala, Uganda And Kayunga, Uganda With Map |access-date=6 June 2021}} It lies {{convert|49|km|0}} northwest of the city of Jinja, Uganda's second industrial city, also on an all-weather tarmac highway.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Jinja,+Uganda/Kayunga,+Uganda/@0.5703703,32.7728917,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x177e7b862c391f47:0x300fe90f956a9f4a!2m2!1d33.2026122!2d0.4478566!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c2353e453606d:0xe2c9e2157350fda8!2m2!1d32.9029088!2d0.7013707 |title=Road Distance Between Jinja, Uganda And Kayunga, Uganda With Map |access-date=6 June 2021}}
The coordinates of the town are 0°42'12.0"N, 32°54'13.0"E (Latitude:0.703333; Longitude:32.903611).{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B042'12.0%22N+32%C2%B054'13.0%22E/@0.7035808,32.9004985,15.28z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en |title=Location of Kayunga, Buganda Region, Uganda |
access-date=6 June 2021}} Kayunga Town sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1063|m|0}} above average sea level.{{cite web| title=Elevation of Kayunga, Uganda | url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=231696 | publisher=Floodmap.net |date=6 Jun 2021 |author=Floodmap | access-date=6 June 2021}}
Population
According to the last national population census of 2002, Kayunga town had a population of about 19,800. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 23,100. According to UBOS, the mid-year population was estimated at 23,600 in 2011.{{cite web| date=2012 |
url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf | title==Estimated Population of Kayunga In 2002, 2010 & 2011 | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=6 June 2021 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |location=Kampala |
archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |
archive-date=2014-07-07 |
format=Archived from the original on 7 July 2014}} In 2014, the national population census put the population at 26,588.{{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 | accessdate=25 February 2015 | last=UBOS | publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}
In 2015 UBOS estimated the population of Kayunga Town at 27,400. In 2020, he population agency estimated the id-year population at 30,000 people. Of these, 15,600 (52 percent) were females and 14,400 (48 percent) were males. UBOS calculated the growth rate of Kayunga's population to average 1.8 percent every year, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web|date=14 June 2020 |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/kayunga/SC0462__kayunga/ |title=The population development of Kayunga as well as related information and services |access-date=6 June 2021 |publisher=Citypopulation.de |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}
{{Historical populations| 2002|19,800|2010|23,100|2011|23,600|2014|26,588|2015|27,400|2020|30,000|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Points of interest
The following points of interest are located within or close to the town limits:
The offices of Kayunga Town Council and Kayunga District Administration are located in the center of town. Also located here are the head office of Kayunga Journalists Association and the headquarters of Rural Initiative for Development and Empowerment (RIDE-UGANDA), a non-government organisation, as well as Kayunga Central Market.
In the middle of town, is the 200-bed Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital. The facility was renovated and expanded between 2018 and 2021, at a cost of USh70 billion (approx. US$20 million at that time).{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.ug/ministry-of-health-to-elevate-kayunga-general-hospital/ |title=Ministry of Health to elevate Kayunga general hospital |newspaper=The Independent (Uganda) |date=2 July 2020 |author=Uganda Radio Network |
access-date=6 June 2021 |location=Kampala}}{{cite web |author=Fred Muzaale |date=5 January 2021 |title=Kayunga hospital not yet fully equipped, officials say |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/kayunga-hospital-not-yet-fully-equipped-officials-say-3247780 |access-date=5 June 2021 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}}
The southern end of the Kayunga–Galiraya Road is located in the centre of town. Also, the western end of Kayunga–Busaana–Nabuganyi Road is located in Kayunga. The 183 megawatts Isimba Hydroelectric Power Station is located {{convert|21|km|0}}, by road, northeast of the town of Kayunga.{{cite web| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kayunga/183MW+Isimba+Hydroelectric+Power+Station,+Unnamed+Rd,/@0.7334535,32.8850151,11.5z/data=!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c2353e453606d:0xe2c9e2157350fda8!2m2!1d32.9029088!2d0.7013707!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c1f9b87719633:0xaaf239c1a11a8a63!2m2!1d33.0404753!2d0.770428 |title=Road Distance Between Kayunga, Uganda And Isimba Dam, Uganda |access-date=6 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://chimpreports.com/kayunga-hospital-upgraded-to-regional-referral-hospital/ Kayunga Hospital Upgraded To Regional Referral Hospital] As of 29 December 2020.
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