Buikwe, sometimes spelled Buyikwe, is a town in Buikwe District,

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. It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters.

Location

Buikwe is approximately east of

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, Uganda's capital and largest city and south-east of Lugazi, the nearest large town. The coordinates of Buikwe Town Council are 0°20'36.0"N, 33°01'44.0"E (Latitude:0.343333; Longitude:33.028889).

Overview

Buikwe is a small town in the south-east of the Central Region. It is the home base of the Nalubaale Football Club.

Population

On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Buikwe's population at 16,633. In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Buikwe at 16,800 people. In 2020, he population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 18,500, of whom 9,700 (52.4 percent) were female and 8,800 (47.6 percent) were male. UBOS calculated the annual rate of population growth of the town to average 1.95 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.

Points of interest

The following points of interest are found in or near Buikwe Town Council. The offices of Buikwe District Administration, the offices of Buikwe Town Council and Buikwe Central Market. Also found here is St. Charles Lwanga Buikwe Hospital, an 80-bed community hospital founded by missionaries from the

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. The town also hosts a number of places of worship; including ''Buikwe Full Gospel Church'', affiliated with the Pentecostal Movement, Buikwe Church of Uganda, Buikwe Seventh Day Adventist Church and Buikwe Roman Catholic Church.

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