Nyenga is an urban division of one of the municipalities in

Buikwe District Buikwe District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town', Buikwe, where the district headquarters are located. Location Buikwe District is bordered by Kayunga District to the north, Jinja District to the ...

, in the Central Region of

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. Nyenga Division is one of the three divisions of the city of

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. The other two divisions are ''Wakisi Division'' and ''Njeru Division''.

Location

Nyenga is located in Njeru Municipality, approximately , by road, south of ''Njeru Division'', the

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of the municipality. The coordinates of Nyenga, Uganda are:0°22'48.0"N; 33°09'00.0"E (Latitude:0.3800; Longitude:33.1500). Nyenga is situated at an average altitude of , above

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Population

In 2015,

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(UBOS) estimated the population of Nyenga Division at 50,400. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of Nyenga at 55,600 inhabitants. Of these, 28,200 (50.7 percent) were females and 27,400 (49.3 percent) were males. UBOS calculated that the population of Nyenga increased at an average rate of 2.0 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within or near Nyenga: (a) Nyenga Roman Catholic Church (b)

Nyenga Mission Hospital Nyenga Mission Hospital, whose formal name is St. Francis Hospital Nyenga, but is commonly referred to as Nyenga Hospital, is a non-profit, community hospital in Uganda. It is owned and operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi. Locatio ...

, also ''St. Francis Hospital Nyenga'', is a 75-bed community hospital that was founded in 1932 as a

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. Owned by the

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. (c) Saint Joseph Minor Seminary Nyenga (d) Saint Francis School of Nursing and Midwifery and (e) Nyenga Children’s Home In Uganda, an extended family for destitute children. The

Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road The Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Mukono, Kyetume and Katosi in Mukono District to Nkokonjeru and Nyenga in Buikwe District. Location The road starts at Mukono with ...

passes through Nyenga in a general southwest to northeast direction on the way to the

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References

External links

Dr Peregrine Kibuuka: My life in Nyenga
Published On 6 January 2012. {{Buikwe District Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley Buikwe District

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Population

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