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Bukwo is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Bukwo District and the headquarters of the district are located there. The district is named after the town.
Location
Bukwo is located 81 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of Mbale and is on the eastern slopes of the Mount Elgon range, close to the border with Kenya.
It lies 330 kilometres (210 mi) northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital and its largest city. The coordinates of the town are:1°17'34.0"N, 34°45'11.0"E (Latitude:1.292764; Longitude:34.753050).
Population
As of May 2014, the exact population of the town of Bukwo is not publicly known.
Points of interest
Te following points of interest lie within the town, or near its borders:
The headquarters of Bukwo District Administration
The offices of Bukwo Town Council
Bukwo Central Market
Bukwo General Hospital - A public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
Bukwo Training Camp, a running camp that was founded and managed by Italian sports manager Flavio Pascalato in 2014
See also
Bukwo District
Sebei
Eastern Region, Uganda
References
External links
Bukwo District Homepage
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bukwo District
- Bukwo
- Kapchorwa District
- Rebecca Cheptegei
- Bukwo General Hospital
- Sebei people
- Kween District
- Kalenjin people
- List of members of the eleventh Parliament of Uganda
- Jacob Kiplimo
