Kiboga
{{short description|Town in Uganda}}
{{About|the town|the district of which it is headquarters|Kiboga District}}
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Kiboga is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Kiboga District, and the district headquarters are located there.{{cite web| url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/brawl-over-new-street-erupts-in-kiboga?districtId=730 |title=Brawl Over New Street Erupts in Kiboga |publisher=Uganda Radio Network |date=2 March 2011 |author=Nelson Kiva |access-date=17 June 2021}}
Location
Kiboga is located approximately {{convert|123|km}} northwest of Kampala, Uganda's largest city, on the all-weather tarmac Kampala–Hoima Road.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Kiboga/@0.6303628,31.6150948,9z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177cafc9db88c767:0x447af96bd52f9ff4!2m2!1d31.7708337!2d0.9203834!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Kiboga, Uganda |
access-date=17 June 2021}} This is about {{convert|79|km}}, by road, southeast of Hoima, the center of Uganda's petrochemical industry.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Hoima/Kiboga/@1.1738632,31.2791261,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1764c4a7b499f725:0x8745fcdfa38aa3ed!2m2!1d31.3484448!2d1.4273554!1m5!1m1!1s0x177cafc9db88c767:0x447af96bd52f9ff4!2m2!1d31.7708337!2d0.9203834!3e0 |
title=Road Distance Between Hoima, Uganda And Kiboga, Uganda |
access-date=17 June 2021}} The geographical coordinates of Kiboga Town Council are 0°55'03.0"N, 31°45'36.0"E (Latitude:0.9175; Longitude:31.7600).{{google maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B055'03.0%22N+31%C2%B045'36.0%22E/@0.9177646,31.7582489,752m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.9175!4d31.76 |title=Location of Kiboga Town Council, Uganda |access-date=17 June 2021}}
Population
The population of Kiboga was estimated at 12,000 during the 2002 national population census. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 16,600. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 17,400.{{cite web| title=Estimated Population of Kiboga In 2002, 2010 & 2011 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |
url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |
date=2012 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=17 June 2021 |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}} During the 2014 national population census, the population was enumerated at 19,591.{{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=26 February 2015 | last=UBOS | publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)}}
In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Kiboga Town Council at 19,700. In 2020, the statistics agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 22,400 inhabitants. Of these, 11,500 (51.3 percent) were females and 10,900 (48.7 percent) were males. UBOS calculated that the population of Kiboga Town expanded at an average rate of 2.6 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web| title=The population development of Kiboga as well as related information and services | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/kiboga/SC0469__kiboga/ |date=14 June 2020 |work=Citypopulation.de |
access-date=17 June 2021 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}
{{Historical populations| 2002|12,000|2010|16,600|2011|17,400|2014|19,591|2015|19,700|2020|22,400|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Points of interest
The following points of interest are found in or near the town of Kiboga: (a) the headquarters of Kiboga District Administration (b) the offices of Kiboga Town Council and (c) Kiboga Central Market.
Kiboga General Hospital, a 100-bed public hospital, administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health is located in the middle of town.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B054'43.0%22N+31%C2%B046'35.0%22E/@0.9153503,31.7739632,1505m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.911937!4d31.776378 |title=Location of Kiboga General Hospital |access-date=17 June 2021}} The Kampala-Hoima Road, passes through the middle of town in a northwest–southeast direction.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B054'50.0%22N+31%C2%B046'09.0%22E/@0.9131078,31.7686081,532m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.9138889!4d31.7691667 |title=Kampala–Hoima Road Passes Through Kiboga Town Council |access-date=17 June 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://allafrica.com/stories/201310240234.html Kiboga Town in Ruins Following Devastating Rain Storm]
- [http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648745-kiboga-town-in-ruins-following-devastating-rain-storm.html Kiboga In Ruins Following Storm]
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Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda