Kakuuto is a town in southwestern Central Uganda.

Location

Kakuuto is located in

Kyotera District Kyotera District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. Kyotera is the largest town in the district but the district headquarters are located at Kasaali, a suburb of Kyotera. Location The districts that surround Kyotera District inclu ...

, approximately , by road, south of

Masaka Masaka is a city in the Buganda Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The city is close to the Equato ...

, the largest city in the sub-region. This location lies immediately west of the highway between

and the border town of Mutukula, at an elevation of , above sea level. Mutukula, the border town between

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

and

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

, lies approximately , by road, south of Kakuuto. The coordinates of Kakuuto are:0°50'24.0"S, 31°27'36.0" (Latitude:-0.8400; Longitude:31.4600).

Overview

Kakuuto is a small, town in southern

. It is the

county A county is a geographic region of a country used for administrative or other purposes Chambers Dictionary, L. Brookes (ed.), 2005, Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, Edinburgh in certain modern nations. The term is derived from the Old French ...

seat of Kakuuto County. The surrounding area is primarily rural and poor. The population of the area has been greatly adversely affected by the

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/ AIDS epidemic over the past three decades. With the help of charities and

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's, the town and region is slowly recovering.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within the town or close to the town limits: * The headquarters of ''Kakuuto County'' * The offices of Kakuuto Town Council * Kakuuto General Hospital - A 100-bed hospital, administered by the

Uganda Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health is a cabinet-level government ministry of Uganda. It is responsible for planning, delivering, and maintaining an efficient and effective healthcare delivery system, including preventive, curative, and rehabilitative service ...

* Kakuuto Central Market * Kakuuto Ostrich Farm - A private tourist attraction *

Sango Bay Estates Limited Sango Bay Estates Limited (SBEL), also Sango Bay Estates is a sugar manufacturer in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. Overview SBEL sits on approximately (65,000 hectares) of land. , it is the fifth-largest manufac ...

- Uganda's fourth-largest sugar manufacturer. Annual output of 15,000 metric tonnes in 2011. * Sango Bay Forest Reserve *St. Josephat Junior School - Kakuuto, a private primary school providing education services to children across the East African Region

External links

About Kakuuto, Rakai District

USAID Donates Solar Panels to Kakuuto Hospital

Hospitals in Rakai District

References

{{coord, 00, 50, 24, S, 31, 27, 36, E, type:city, display=title Rakai District Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley

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