Nansana

Nansana is located on the main highway between Kampala and Hoima, the Kampala-Hoima Road.{{cite web| url=http://www.lcmt.org/uganda/wakiso/nabweru/nansana |title=Map of Nansana Municipality |publisher=Lcmt.org (LCMT) |date=4 August 2017 |author=LCMT |access-date=4 August 2017}} The town is located approximately {{convert|12|km|0}}, by road, north-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Post+Office+Building,+Plot+35+Kampala+Rd,+Kampala+P.O.Box+7106,+Kampala/Nansana/@0.341672,32.5220936,6280m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc80f4d7275f:0xf2b9a78f6de4baa2!2m2!1d32.5811944!2d0.3136791!1m5!1m1!1s0x177da54f61f3eb5b:0x1a1ed9bd2b669c3d!2m2!1d32.5287884!2d0.3696651!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Post Office Building, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Nansana, Central Region, Uganda |

access-date=10 January 2021}} This is approximately {{convert|8|km|0}}, by road, south of Wakiso, the location of the district headquarters.{{google maps |

url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Nansana/Centenary+Bank+%7C+Wakiso,+Wakiso+District+Rd,+Wakiso/@0.3826785,32.4677934,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177da54f61f3eb5b:0x1a1ed9bd2b669c3d!2m2!1d32.5287884!2d0.3696651!1m5!1m1!1s0x177daf135f63775d:0xf08ca7d5770ca485!2m2!1d32.4764211!2d0.397404!3e0 |title=Distance between Nansana, Central Region, Uganda and Wakiso, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=10 January 2021}} The coordinates of the town are 0°21'50.0"N, 32°31'43.0"E (Latitude:0.363889; Longitude:32.528611).{{google maps |title=Location of Nansana, Central Region, Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B021'50.0%22N+32%C2%B031'43.0%22E/@0.3643264,32.5294695,278m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.3638889!4d32.5286111 |access-date=10 January 2021}} Nansana sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1191|m|0}}, above mean sea level.{{cite web|url=https://elevationmap.net/nansana-nabweru-kyadondo-wakiso-ug-1005503598 |title=Elevation of Nansana, Wakiso District, Uganda |publisher=elevationmap.net |date=10 January 2021 |author=Elevationmap |access-date=10 January 2021}}

In 2002, the national population census put Nansana's population at 62,044. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the town's population at 86,200. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 89,900.{{cite web |work=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | date=June 2011 |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2014 |title=Projected Population of Nansana In 2002, 2010 & 2011 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=30 July 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}} In 2014, the national population census put the population at 365,124.{{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=23 February 2015 |work=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}

In 2020, the mid-year population of Nansana was projected at 532,800. It is calculated that the population of the municipality grew at an average annual rate of 6.68 percent, between 2014 and 2020.{{cite web|work=Citypopulation.de | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/?cityid=29060 |title=Population Projection for Nansana: Town in Central Uganda |date=12 June 2020 |author=Citypopulation.de |access-date=30 July 2022}}{{Historical populations| 2002|62,044|2010|86,200|2011|89,900|2014|365,134|2020|532,800|||align=none|footnote=source:}}

Nansana is a high-density working-class neighborhood. Beginning in May 2017 a crime wave engulfed the town, involving the murder of young women in their 20s and 30s.{{cite web|title=Uganda: Another Woman Striped, Killed in Nansana |access-date=5 August 2017|date=18 July 2017|last=Kato | location=Kampala | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201707180057.html| first=Joseph | newspaper=Daily Monitor via AllAfrica.com}} As of 4 August 2017, a total of 10 young women have been murdered in Nansana, after being sexually molested.{{cite web|access-date=4 August 2017|location=Kampala |last=Kiggundu|date=4 August 2017 |first=Joseph| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Wakiso-RDC-wants-sex-workers-licensed/688334-4043924-1062y2rz/index.html |newspaper=Daily Monitor |title=Wakiso RDC wants sex workers licensed}} None of the murders have been solved.{{cite web|date=25 June 2017 |access-date=5 August 2017 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Six-women-raped-killed-similar-brutal-fashion/688334-3985858-4lfd0kz/index.html |title=6 women raped, killed in similar brutal fashion |newspaper=Daily Monitor|first=Stephen |last=Kafeero |location=Kampala}} The local politicians have disagreed on what needs to be done. There are reasons to believe that some of the victims were engaged in prostitution and were killed when they disagreed with their customers. Ian Kyeyune, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) for Wakiso District proposes to license all prostitutes in the town so that they are accorded protection by the government. However, Regina Bakitte, the mayor of Nansana, opposes the idea, arguing that this would encourage promiscuity in the town. Prostitution is illegal in Uganda.

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