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HIGHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL ... - Mbarara District

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A. THE LOCATION<br />

BACKGROUND INFORMATION<br />

<strong>Mbarara</strong> <strong>District</strong> is located in the South Western part of Uganda. It boarders with the following areas:<br />

Ibanda and Kiruhura <strong>District</strong>s to the North<br />

Kiruhura and Isingiro <strong>District</strong>s to the East<br />

Isingiro and Ntungamo <strong>District</strong>s to the South<br />

Bushenyi <strong>District</strong> to the West.<br />

B. SIZE AND TOPOGRAPHY<br />

It covers an area of 1846.4 sq. km. The <strong>District</strong> has a mixture of fairly rolling and sharp hills, fairly deep and<br />

shallow valleys and flat land. The soils are loamy fertile literate soils, suitable for cultivation<br />

C. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.<br />

The current <strong>Mbarara</strong> <strong>District</strong> Local Government, came into being as a result of the people’s wishes and authority<br />

of Parliament in 2005 to reduce <strong>Mbarara</strong> <strong>District</strong> to two counties and one municipality namely Kashari county,<br />

Rwampara county and <strong>Mbarara</strong> Municipality. Bukanga and Isingiro counties formed Isingiro <strong>District</strong>,<br />

Nyabushozi and Kazo counties formed Kiruhura <strong>District</strong> While Ibanda County formed Ibanda <strong>District</strong>.<br />

<strong>Mbarara</strong> <strong>District</strong> is located in the South Western part of Uganda. It boarders with the following areas:<br />

Ibanda and Kiruhura <strong>District</strong>s to the North<br />

Kiruhura and Isingiro <strong>District</strong>s to the East<br />

Isingiro and Ntungamo <strong>District</strong>s to the South<br />

Bushenyi <strong>District</strong> to the West.<br />

D. POPULATION SIZE<br />

Population Characteristics/Profile as 2010<br />

Percentage <strong>District</strong> Population of National Population:……. 1.5%<br />

Urbanization rate …………………………………………….. 19%<br />

Sex Ratio …………………………………………………….... 96%<br />

Average Household Population ……………………………… 5<br />

Under 18 years ……………………………………………….. 55%<br />

60 years and above …………………………………………… 5%<br />

Total Fertility rate …………………………………………… ... 7.0%<br />

Population size ……………………………………………….. 436,400<br />

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