Sironko

Sironko lies {{convert|25|km|0}} northeast of the city of Mbale on the highway between Mbale and Moroto.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mbale/Sironko/@1.1455757,34.1255374,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778b6126bdea17b:0xb84df43e61b7b568!2m2!1d34.1810057!2d1.0784436!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778bdd6a16910c9:0xae95a75505d0fc4a!2m2!1d34.2491064!2d1.2302274!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Mbale And Sironko |access-date=6 June 2020}} It is located {{convert|245|km|0}} northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/26+Kampala+Road,+Kampala/Sironko/@0.7726903,32.2931512,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc80fda4b089:0x765d20941bf0dc86!2m2!1d32.5798064!2d0.3135272!1m5!1m1!1s0x1778bdd6a16910c9:0xae95a75505d0fc4a!2m2!1d34.2491064!2d1.2302274!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala and Sironko |access-date=6 June 2020}} The coordinates of the town are 01°13'50.0"N, 34°14'53.0"E (Latitude:1.230556; Longitude:34.248056).{{google maps |

url=https://www.google.co.ug/maps/place/1%C2%B013'50.0%22N+34%C2%B014'53.0%22E/@1.2320317,34.2509163,14.95z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 |title=Location of Sironko Town, Uganda |access-date=6 June 2020}} Sironko sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1184|m|0}} above mean sea level.{{cite web|url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=226267 |title=Elevation of Sironko Town, Uganda |date=6 June 2020 |publisher=Floodmap.net |accessdate=6 June 2020 | author=Flood Map}}

Sironko is the location of the headquarters of Sironko District, one of the six Ugandan districts in the Bugisu sub-region. The town is administered by Sironko Town Council, headed by a mayor. It is one of the only two town councils in the district, as of June 2020. The other town in the district is Budadiri Town.{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1022788/sironko-district-council-121-sub-counties |title=Sironko District Council Wants 121 New Sub-counties |newspaper=New Vision |date=31 October 2001 |author=Nasur Wambedde |access-date=6 June 2020 | location=Kampala}}

Sironko town lies at the foothills of Mount Elgon. The area is prone to landslides and flooding. On more than one occasion, landslides have killed people and caused damage and loss of property in Sironko town and elsewhere in Sironko District.{{cite web|date=5 December 2019 | url=https://opm.go.ug/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Statement-to-MEDIA-on-floods-and-landslides-in-the-country-5th-December-2019.pdf |title=Government Statement On Floods, Landslides And Windstorms Disaster Situation In Te Country |publisher=Office of the Prime Minister |access-date=6 June 2020 |author=Musa Echweru |author-link=Musa Echweru |location=Kampala}}{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision | url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1466257/museveni-visits-families-landslide-victims |title=Museveni Visits Families of Landslide Victims |date=23 November 2017 |author=Nelson Naturinda |access-date=6 June 2020 |location=Kampala}}{{cite web|title=Fear as another landslide hits Sironko |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Fear-as-another-landslide-hits-Sironko/688334-5382544-q4rfpgz/index.html |newspaper=Daily Monitor |date=12 December 2019 | author=Yahudu Kitunzi |access-date=6 June 2020 |place=Kampala}}

The 1991 national census put the population of the town at 3,180 people. The 2002 census recorded the town population at 11,193. At the 2014 census, the town's population was 17,103. In 2019, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of the town at approximately 18,900 inhabitants. The table below gives the same data in tabular form.{{cite web|date=11 March 2019 | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html?cityid=18175 |title=The population of all Ugandian cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections: Sironko Town |publisher=Citypopulation.de | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=6 June 2020}}

• Bugisu sub-region
• Eastern Region
• List of cities and towns in Uganda

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• [http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/sironko-district.html Sironko District Profile at Ugandatravelguide.com]
• [https://www.necoc-opm.go.ug/HzEastern2/Sironko%20District%20HRV%20Profile.pdf Sironko District Hazard, Risk and Vulnerability Profile] As of 2016.

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Category:Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda

Category:Sironko District

Category:Bugisu sub-region