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Country
  
Uganda

Region
  
Western Uganda

District
  
Kabarole District

Mayor
  
Asaba Ruyonga

Population
  
54,275

Colleges and Universities
  
Mountains of the Moon University, Uganda Pentecostal University


Fort Portal is a town in Western Uganda. It is the seat of both Kabarole District and Toro Kingdom.

Contents

Map of Fort Portal

Fort portal video


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Points of interest

The following points of interest can be found in the town:

  • The headquarters of Kabarole District Administration
  • The offices of Fort Portal Town Council
  • Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital - A 300 bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
  • Kabarole Missionary Hospital - A 60 bed community hospital, administered by the Church of Uganda
  • The palace of the Omukama of Toro
  • A branch of Bank of Africa
  • A branch of Centenary Bank
  • A branch of Crane Bank
  • A branch of Equity Bank
  • A branch of Finance Trust Bank
  • A branch of Kenya Commercial Bank
  • A branch of Housing Finance Bank
  • A branch of PostBank Uganda
  • A branch of Stanbic Bank
  • A branch of United Bank for Africa
  • A branch of Pride Microfinance Limited
  • The main campus of the Mountains of the Moon University, a private university; one of the 41 universities in Uganda, as at February 2015.
  • The campus of Uganda Pentecostal University, a private university affiliated with the Pentecostal Movement
  • The Western Campus of Makerere University
  • Fort Portal Currency Center - A currency storage and processing facility, owned and operated by the Bank of Uganda, Ugandas Central Bank.
  • A branch of the National Social Security Fund
  • St. Marys Seminary Virika.

    • References

    Fort Portal Wikipedia
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