Lyantonde

Lyantonde is approximately {{convert|74|km|0}}, by road, west of Masaka, the nearest large city, on the all-weather Masaka–Mbarara Road.{{google maps|

url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Masaka/Lyantonde/@-0.3249704,31.1749922,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d78e9710fa0cd3:0x3f370f3a43d14b0e!2m2!1d31.7537404!2d-0.3267383!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d84f3b8f69f43b:0xb59dceccedf00fd2!2m2!1d31.1567203!2d-0.4075041!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Masaka, Central Region, Uganda and Lyantonde, Central Region, Uganda | access-date=10 May 2021}} It is approximately {{convert|203|km|0}}, by road, south-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps|

url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Lyantonde/@0.0262825,30.7481952,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x19d84f3b8f69f43b:0xb59dceccedf00fd2!2m2!1d31.1567203!2d-0.4075041!3e0 |title=Road Distance Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Lyantonde, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=10 May 2021}} The coordinates of the town are 0°24'25.0"S, 31°09'27.0"E (Latitude:-0.406944; Longitude:31.157500).{{google maps |title=Location of Lyantonde, Central Region, Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B024'25.0%22S+31%C2%B009'27.0%22E/@-0.400111,31.1752843,4135m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-0.4069444!4d31.1575 |access-date=10 May 2021}} Lyantonde Town sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1336|m|0}} above mean sea level.{{cite web|url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=229599 |title=Elevation of Lyantonde, Uganda |date=10 May 2021 |publisher=Floodmap.net |access-date=10 May 2021 |author=Floodmap}}

In 2002, the national population census estimated the population of the town to be 7,500. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 8,700. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 8,900.{{cite web| url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf|title=Estimated Population of Lyantonde In 2002, 2010 & 2011 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=31 July 2017 |date=31 July 2017 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |location=Kampala}} During the national census and household survey of 27 and 28 August 2014, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) enumerated the population of Lyantonde Town at 13,586 people.{{cite web | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf | title=National Population and Housing Census 2014: Provisional Results: Appendix 3 - Households and Population by Subcounty/ Town Council/Urban Division and Sex, 2014 | location=Kampala | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) | date=November 2014 | author=UBOS | access-date=31 July 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110115940/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf | archive-date=10 January 2017 | url-status=dead }}

In 2015 UBOS estimated the population of the town at 14,100. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of Lyantonde Town at 16,300. Of these, 8,500 (52.1 percent) were female and 7,800 (47.9 percent) were male. UBOS calculated the growth rate of the town between 2015 until 2020 to average 2.9 percent annually.{{cite web| title=The population development of Lyantonde as well as related information and services |publisher=Citypopulation.de |date=14 June 2021 | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/lyantonde/SC0440__lyantonde/ |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=10 May 2021 |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}

{{Historical populations| 2002|7,500|2010|8,700|2011|8,900|2014|13,586|2015|14,100|2020|16,300|||align=none|footnote=source:}}

The town lies along the Masaka-Mbarara Road which connects to Kampala, Uganda's capital to the east and Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda to the southwest. Lyantonde serves as a stop-over for long-distance truck drivers plying this route. Although prostitution is illegal in Uganda, prostitutes are readily available in Lyantonde town.{{cite web|access-date=31 July 2017| url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/ugandas-truck-stop-prostitutes-are-in-the-countrys-aids-epicenter/ |title=Prostitutes of Uganda's HIV Capital |date=8 April 2014 |first=Sam |last=Mednick |publisher=Vice.com}}

The following points of interest lie within the town limits or near the town edges: (a) The headquarters of Lyantonde District Administration (b)

Lyantonde General Hospital, a 100-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health (c) Offices of Lyantonde Town Council (d) Lyantonde central market (e) Masaka-Mbarara Road, which passes through the middle of town in a general east/west direction (f) Salaama Vocational Education Centre (SVEC).{{cite web|title=Lyantonde’s Response to the AIDS Scourge |access-date=25 June 2016 |date=7 January 2015|

url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Lyantonde-s-response-to-the-aids-scourge/-/691232/2580614/-/wert8pz/-/index.html |first=Michael | last=Ssali |newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}}

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• [https://www.vice.com/en/article/ugandas-truck-stop-prostitutes-are-in-the-countrys-aids-epicenter/ Meeting the Truck Stop Prostitutes of Uganda's HIV Capital]

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