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Lugazi

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Country
  
Uganda

Elevation
  
1,204 m

University
  
Lugazi University

District
  
Buikwe District

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:03 PM

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Region
  
Central Region of Uganda

Weather
  
22°C, Wind S at 6 km/h, 87% Humidity

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Lugazi is a town in the Buikwe District of the Central Region of Uganda. The town is also called "Kawolo", and the two names are interchangeably used by the local inhabitants.

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Map of Lugazi, Uganda

Location

The town is on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Its is approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi), by road, east of Mukono, the nearest large town, also on the highway between Kampala and Jinja. The average elevation of the Lugazi is about 1,204 metres (3,950 ft). The coordinates of Lugazi are 0°22'08.0"N, 32°56'25.0"E (Latitude:0.368889; Longitude:32.940278).

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within the town or close to its boundaries:

  • offices of Lugazi Town Council
  • headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi
  • Lugazi central market
  • headquarters of the Mehta Group in Uganda
  • University of Military Science and Technology, which is owned and administered by the Uganda People's Defence Force
  • Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga, located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi), by road, west of downtown Lugazi in Mukono District
  • Kawolo Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
  • Lugazi Golf Course, which is located on the grounds of SCUL
  • branch of the National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
  • Kampala-Jinja Highway, passing through the center of town in an east/west configuration

    • Population

    The 2002 national census estimated the population of Lugazi at 27,979. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 34,500. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 35,500. In 2014, the national census put the population at 114,163.

    Sports

    In 2012, a Little League baseball team from Lugazi qualified for the 2012 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This was the second ever team from Uganda to qualify and the first to make the trip to the USA.

    Lugazi is also the home of the Uganda Revenue Authority SC, a member of the Uganda Premier Soccer League.

    References

    Lugazi Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA