Mukono Town

Mukono Municipality is {{convert|21|km}} east of Kampala along the Kampala-Jinja Highway.{{Cite web |title=Location & Size {{!}} Mukono DIstrict |url=https://mukono.go.ug/lg/location-size |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=mukono.go.ug}} It is bordered by Kalagi to the north, Kira Town to the west, Lake Victoria to the south, and Lugazi to the east.

The town occupies approximately {{convert|31.4|km2|mi2}} of land area.{{google maps |title=Location of Mukono Municipality, Central Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B021'36.0%22N+32%C2%B045'00.0%22E/@0.3591283,32.7488792,211m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.36!4d32.75?hl=en |access-date=7 March 2021}}

Mukono Town sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1246|m|0}}, above mean sea level.{{cite web| url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=228853 | title=Elevation of Mukono Town, Central Region, Uganda | publisher=Floodmap.net |date=7 March 2021 |author=Floodmap | access-date=7 March 2021}}

Mukono is one of Uganda's fastest growing urban areas.{{Cite web|title=National Planning Authority – Planning for Development|url=http://www.npa.go.ug/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}} The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town at 46,506. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 57,400. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 59,000.{{cite web | title=Estimated Population of Mukono Town In 2002, 2010 & 2011 | access-date=16 April 2014 | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBS) | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf | last=UBS | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf | archive-date=7 July 2014 | url-status=dead }} On 27 August 2014, the national population census put the population at 162,710.{{cite web | date=27 August 2014 | 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 | access-date=22 February 2015 | publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) | last=UBOS}}

{{Historical populations| 1969|3,565|1980|5,783|1991|7,406|2002|91,568|2014|162,710|2020|191,300|||align=none|footnote=source:{{cite web| url=http://www.citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html | title=Mukono Town Population Statistics |date=14 June 2020 | publisher=Citypopulation.de |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |

format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=9 March 2021 |location=Kampala}}}}

Mukono Municipality administration is divided into (a) the political arm headed by the Mayor, (b) the technical arm headed by the Town Clerk and the legislative arm, headed by the Speaker of the town council. The council is the supreme policy-making organ in the town. It is composed of 26 elected councilors. Members of the town council serve four-year terms.

The mayor of the town is elected to a five-year term by universal adult suffrage using a secret ballot. The technical staff of the town council are headed by the town clerk under whom there are four municipal departments: the Management Department, the Treasury Department, the Public Health Department, and the Engineering Department.{{cite web| url=https://mukonomunicipalcouncil.go.ug/about-Municipal.html | title=Leadership composition of Mukono Municipality | publisher=Mukono Municipal Council |date=8 March 2021 | author=Mukono Municipality |access-date=8 March 2021}}

The following additional points of interest are located within the town limits or close to its edges:

1. Mukono Central Market

2. Uganda Christian University, a private university affiliated to the Church of Uganda

3. Namilyango College - the oldest boys boarding high school in Uganda, located {{convert|8|km}}, by road, south-west of Mukono

4. Kampala-Jinja Highway, passing through the center of town in a general west to east direction

5. Mukono Health Centre IV

6. Various supermarkets located among the Kampala-Jinja highway, most notably City Shoppers, Sombe Supermarket and Paris Corner Supermarket.

7. [https://ssamba.org/ The Ssamba Foundation]

8. Abacus Parenteral Drugs Limited, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures intravenous fluids and sterile water for use in injections, ear drops, and eye drops.{{cite web |date=25 January 2010 |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201001250599.html | title=Abacus Parenteral Crowned 2009 Investor of The Year

|newspaper=Daily Monitor |author=Dorothy Nakaweesi

|access-date=8 March 2021 |location=Kampala |format=via AllAfrica.com}}

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• List of cities and towns in Uganda
• Namilyango College

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• [https://mukonomunicipalcouncil.go.ug/ Official Website]

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Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda

Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley

Category:Mukono District