Bulisa, also Bulisa, is a town in the Western Region of

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. It is the site of the headquarters of the

Buliisa District Buliisa District is a district in Western Uganda. As with most Ugandan districts, Buliisa District is named after its "main town" Buliisa, where the district headquarters are located. Bugungu has 6 sub counties KigweraNgwedo Buliisa, Butiaba ...

. Neighborhoods within Buliisa Municipality include

Wanseko Wanseko, is a settlement in Western Uganda. Location Wanseko is located on the eastern shores of Lake Albert, in Buliisa District. It lies approximately , by road, north of the district headquarters at Buliisa. This is about , by road, north o ...

and Kasenyi.

Location

Buliisa is located in the northwestern corner of Buliisa District, along the shores of Lake Albert, approximately , by road, north of

Hoima Hoima is a city in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Hoima District. It is also the location of the palace of the Omukama of Bunyoro. Location Hoima is approximately , by road, n ...

, the largest city in the

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. This is approximately , by road, northwest 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 ...

, Uganda's capital and largest city. The geographical coordinates of Buliisa Town are:02°07'18.0"N, 31°24'56.0"E (Latitude:2.121667; Longitude:31.415556). The town sits at an average elevation of above

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Overview

Buliisa is on the northeastern shores of Lake Albert. The town gained prominence during the 2000s because of the large hydrocarbon deposits that have been discovered underground in the district and elsewhere in the

Population

The

Uganda Bureau of Statistics The Uganda Bureau of Statistics ("UBOS") is an agency of the Ugandan government. Formed by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act, 1998, the agency is mandated to "coordinate, monitor and supervise Uganda's National Statistical System". Locatio ...

(UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of Buliisa at 7,600 in July 2015. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 9,500. Of these, approximately 5,000 (52.6 percent) are males and approximately 4,500 (47.4 percent) are females. UBOS estimates that the town's population has grown at an average annual rate of 4.56 percent, between 2015 and 2020.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure already installed or in development in Buliisa Municipality and its neighborhood include: 1. Buliisa Health Center IV 2. Offices of Buliisa Town Council 3. Buliisa Resource Center 4. Offices of Buliisa District Council 5. The northern Central Processing Facility (CPF) and 6. The northern crude oil intake pipeline from Buliisa to the

Uganda Oil Refinery The Uganda Oil Refinery is a planned crude oil refinery in Uganda. Location The refinery will be built on a piece of land in Kabaale Township, Buseruka Sub-county, Hoima District, Western Region, near the international border with the Democra ...

and the

Uganda-Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), also known as the Uganda–Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP), is under construction and intended to transport crude oil from Uganda's oil fields to the Port of Tanga, Tanzania on the Indian Ocean. On ...

in Kabaale,

Hoima District Hoima District is a district in Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its main municipal centre, Hoima. Location Hoima District is bordered by Buliisa District to the north, Masindi District to the northeast, Kya ...

. The

Hoima–Butiaba–Wanseko Road Hoima–Butiaba–Wanseko Road is a road in the Western Region of Uganda, connecting the city of Hoima and the towns of Butiaba, Buliisa, and Wanseko on the shores of Lake Albert. This is one of Uganda's critical oil roads because it facilit ...

terminates in Wanseko, a northern suburb of Buliisa Municipality.

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