Yumbe
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Yumbe is a town in the Northern Region of Uganda. It is the district headquarters of Yumbe District.{{cite web| url=https://www.mediacentre.go.ug/media/president-commissions-yumbe-fruit-factory-referral-hospital |title=President commissions Yumbe fruit factory, Referral Hospital |date=10 January 2021 |work=Mediacentre.go.ug |access-date=3 September 2021 |author=Uganda Media Centre |location=Kampala, Uganda}}
Geography
Yumbe is approximately {{convert|91|km|0}}, by road, northeast of Arua, the largest city in the West Nile sub-region.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Arua/Yumbe/@3.3288362,30.754745,9.25z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x176e6265a178c769:0xaa1e18867d91929c!2m2!1d30.907304!2d3.0303299!1m5!1m1!1s0x176dc0140b862931:0xc9e40a945f6e086c!2m2!1d31.2483291!2d3.4698023!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Arua, Uganda And Yumbe, Uganda |access-date=1 January 2021}} Yumbe is approximately {{convert|223|km|0}}, by road, northwest of Gulu, the largest city in the Northern Region of Uganda.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Gulu/Yumbe/@3.2383703,31.5428027,9z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x1771a65c0fc42a27:0xce6ef3d1c3d80e06!2m2!1d32.2880726!2d2.7724038!1m5!1m1!1s0x176dc0140b862931:0xc9e40a945f6e086c!2m2!1d31.2483291!2d3.4698023!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Gulu, Uganda And Gulu, Uganda |access-date=1 January 2021}} The coordinates of the town are 3°27'54.0"N, 31°14'42.0"E (Latitude:3.465000; Longitude:31.245000){{google maps |title=Location of Yumbe, Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/3%C2%B027'54.0%22N+31%C2%B014'42.0%22E/@3.7835534,31.6309284,8z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x00 | access-date=19 July 2015}} Yumbe Town Council sits at an average elevation of {{convert|904|m|0}} above mean sea level.{{cite web| work=Floodmap.net |date=3 September 2021 |url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=225835 |title=Elevation of Yumbe, Uganda |author=Flood Map | access-date=3 September 2021}}
Population
The 2002 national census enumerated the population of Yumbe Town Council at 15,401. The 2014 national census and household survey put the population of the town at 34,806 inhabitants. In 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the mid-year population of Yumbe Town at 47,400. UBOS calculated that the population of Yumbe Town Council increased at an average annual rate of 5.5 percent, between 2014 and 2020.{{cite web| work=Citypopulation.de |date=14 June 2020 |
url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ |title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections |access-date=3 September 2021 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}{{Historical populations| 2002|15,401|2014|34,806|2020|47,400|||align=none|footnote=source:}}
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within the town or near the town limits: (a) the offices of Yumbe Town Council (b) the headquarters of Yumbe District Administration and (c) Yumbe Central Market, the source of daily fresh produce.
Yumbe General Hospital, a 100-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health, was upgraded to a referral hospital in January 2021, following renovations.{{cite web| work=Daily Monitor |date=7 July 2021 | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/yumbe-hospital-operating-without-funding-3464238 |title=Yumbe hospital operating without funding |author=Robert Elema |access-date=3 September 2021 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}
The Koboko–Yumbe–Moyo Road passes through Yumbe Town, in a general southwest to northeast direction. In 2020, the International Development Association (IDA), a member of the World Bank Group provided a grant of US$130.8 million to upgrade this road to class II bitumen surface, with shoulders, culverts and drainage channels.{{cite web|
url=https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/world-bank-provides-1308-million-upgrade-road-infrastructure-areas-hosting-refugees |
title=World Bank Provides $130.8 Million to Upgrade Road Infrastructure in Areas Hosting Refugees in Uganda’s West Nile sub-region |work=ReliefWeb |date=10 September 2020 |
author=World Bank |access-date=4 September 2021 |
location=Washington, DC}}
See also
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090411041051/http://www.yumbe.go.ug/ Yumbe District Information Portal]
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