Mbarara district

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Location of Mbarara
Basic data
Capital	Mbarara
Geographical center	0 ° 36 ′  S , 30 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 0 ° 36 ′  S , 30 ° 36 ′  E
surface	1,846.4 km²
population	390,700 (as of 2020)
Population density	211.6 inhabitants / km²
Time zone	UTC +3
ISO 3166-2	UG-410

Mbarara is a district ( district ) in Western Uganda with 390.700 inhabitants. Like almost all districts of Uganda , it is named after its capital - Mbarara . Mbarara is located in southwest Uganda on the border with Tanzania .

population

The inhabitants of the Mbarara district belong to various Bantu peoples, including the Ankole . Together with the neighboring districts of Bushenyi and Ntungamo , Mbarara belongs to the area of ​​the former Ankole Kingdom .

climate

Climatically, Mbarara belongs to the dry tropics and over the decades has repeatedly experienced longer periods of drought. Summarizing the years 2003/2004 and 2005/2009, the annual rainfall for the decade 2000–2009 was only 335.25 mm. This is almost twice as much as in the period 1993–1999 when the years 1996/1997 are summarized, but compared to the period 1973–1978 it results in a slight decrease of 11.13 millimeters.

As a district of extremes, Mbarara knows the 100% humidity without precipitation (measured on January 21, 2001) as well as the destructive power of a torrential rain of 299.97 millimeters with only 55% humidity (measured on July 4, 1977). Because of the many phases of drought, the rainy seasons in Mbarara cannot be clearly determined. There is almost every month in a dry and in a wet version, but February and June are almost always free of precipitation or slightly damp.

Web links

http://www.ugandatourism.org/Mbarara.php