Mubende District
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Capital | Exhausting |
Geographical center | 0 ° 32 ' N , 31 ° 41' E |
North South expansion | 70 km |
East-west expansion | 140 km |
population | 436,493 (as of 2002) |
Time zone | UTC +3 |
ISO 3166-2 | UG-107 |
Mubende is a district ( district ) in Central Uganda with 436,493 inhabitants. Like almost all districts of Uganda , it is named after its capital. Until July 1, 2005, the Mityana district also belonged to Mubende.
Kaweri coffee plantation
The Kaweri plantation in the Mubende district is Uganda's first large coffee plantation, which the Ugandan government has envisaged as a model for the country's agricultural development. This project was carried out in cooperation with the German Neumann Kaffee Group and its Ugandan subsidiary. Around 2000 smallholders had to give way to the coffee plantation without receiving adequate compensation.