Nakaseke District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

in Central Uganda. It is named after Nakaseke, the largest town in the district. However, the district headquarters are located at

Butalangu Butalangu is a town in Central Uganda. It is the political and administrative center of Nakaseke District. Location Butalangu is located west of Luweero, the largest town in the sub-region. The Luweero–Butalangu road measures approximately . ...

Location

Nakaseke District is bordered by Nakasongola District to the north and northeast, Luweero District to the southeast,

Wakiso District Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is ...

to the south, Mityana District to the southwest. Kiboga District and

Kyankwanzi District Kyankwanzi District is the northernmost district in the Buganda Region of Uganda and Buganda Kingdom, bordering Bunyoro. The district headquarters are in Butemba Town. Geography The Kyankwanzi District borders Nakaseke District to the east ac ...

lie to the west and Masindi District lies to the northwest. Butalangu, the location of the district headquarters, lies approximately , by road, north of

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and R ...

, the capital of

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and the largest city in the country. The coordinates of the district are:00 44N, 32 25E.

Overview

Nakaseke District is divided into the following administrative units: 1. Kapeeka 2. Ngoma 3. Kinyogoga 4. Wakyaato 5. Nakaseke Town Council 6. Kasangombe 7. Semuto and 8. Kikamulo. It estimated that 59.2 percent of the Nakaseke District community is literate, which is largely limited to the local

Luganda The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda includin ...

language. A Primary Teachers' Training College has been built in Nakaseke. Nakaseke District has seven health units including a 100-bed public hospital,

Nakaseke Hospital Nakaseke General Hospital, also Nakaseke Hospital, is a public hospital in the Central Region of Uganda. Location The hospital is located in the town of Nakaseke, in Nakaseke District, in the part of the country known as the Luweero Triangle ...

, 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 ...

. Nakaseke Hospital is connected to other health units by a radio. There is also a community hospital at

Kiwoko Kiwoko is a small town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is one of the municipalities in Nakaseke District. Location Kiwoko is approximately , by road, west of Luweero, the largest town in the sub-region. Kiwoko is approximately , by road, n ...

Kiwoko Hospital Kiwoko Hospital is a private community hospital, in the Central Region of Uganda. The hospital is affiliated with the Church of Uganda. Location The hospital is located in the town of Kiwoko, in Nakaseke District. Kiwoko is in the Luweero Tr ...

, administrated by the

Church of Uganda The Church of Uganda is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently there are 37 dioceses which make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop. Each diocese is divided into archdeaconries, each headed by a senior priest known ...

where there are five doctors, six medical assistants, 23 midwives and 33 nurses, as of 2010. Access to clean water is possible through a network of boreholes and a protected springs. One of the major health concerns is the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the district. , the prevalence rate of the disease in the district was estimated at about 8%, compared to the national average of 6.5%. Nakaseke District has the sixth-highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the entire country's 112 districts.

Population

The 1991 Uganda national census estimated the population of Nakaseke District at about 93,800. The 2002 national census put the district population at about 137,300 inhabitants, with an annual growth rate of 3.3%. In 2012, the population of the district was estimated at approximately 191,100.

Economic activity

Farming is the main economic activity in the districts. Activities include the cultivation of

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, beans,

banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", disting ...

cassava ''Manihot esculenta'', commonly called cassava (), manioc, or yuca (among numerous regional names), is a woody shrub of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, native to South America. Although a perennial plant, cassava is extensively cultivated ...

, sweet

potatoes The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United ...

, vegetables such as

tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...

es,

cabbage Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.&n ...

and fruits including

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s and mangoes. Fishing in the area swamps, raising of cattle (for meat and milk), goats and chicken are some of the activities carried out in the area. About 90 percent of the farmers use traditional farming methods and techniques. The produce finds ready market in

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