Ibanda District is a

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in the Western Region of

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. The town of

Ibanda Ibanda is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main political, administrative, and commercial centre of Ibanda District and the site of the district headquarters. It started wayback in 1990s and was elevated from a trading centr ...

is the site of the district headquarters.

Location

Ibanda District is bordered by

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to the west, Kamwenge District to the north,

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to the east, Mbarara District and

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to the south, and

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to the southwest. The district headquarters at Ibanda are located approximately , by road, northwest of

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, the largest city in the

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Overview

Ibanda District was created on 1 July 2005, by elevating Ibanda County, formerly part of Mbarara District, to full district status. Ibanda is connected to the national electricity grid with a sub-station outside Mbarara town. A

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road connects via Mbarara to the capital

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. There is one major hospital, Ibanda Hospital, administered by the

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. The hospital has an affiliated school for enrolled

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and

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Population

In 1991, the national population census estimated the district population at 148,000. The 2002 national census estimated the population at 198,700. The population has a calculated annual growth rate of 2.6 percent. The population in 2012 was about 255,500.

Economic activities

Agriculture forms the backbone of the economy of the district. Most of the agriculture is on the subsistence level. The largest farm in the district is the Kiburara Prison Farm, located at Kiburara Prison. The crops grown in the district include the following:

Prominent people

Prominent people from the district include the following: *

Patrick Bitature Patrick Bitature is a Ugandan businessman, entrepreneur and author. He is believed to be the second wealthiest Ugandan after Sudhir Ruparelia. He is the founder, chairman and Group CEO of the Simba Group of Companies which is primarily based in ...

, businessman, entrepreneur, and industrialist. He is one of the wealthiest people in Uganda. Chairman of Umeme. * Venansius Baryamureeba Ugandan mathematician, computer scientist, academic, and academic administrator. Chancellor of

Ibanda University Ibanda University (IU) is a private, co-educational Ugandan university in the Western Region of Uganda. Location The campus of the university is located in Bubaare Cell, Bufunda Ward, Bufunda Division in the Municipality of Ibanda (pop.31,316), ...

References

External links

Gold Mining Starts In Ibanda District
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