Wakiso District
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Location of Wakiso |
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Capital | Wakiso |
Geographical center | 0 ° 21 ′ N , 32 ° 29 ′ E |
surface | 2,704 km² |
population | 2,915,200 (as of 2020) |
Population density | 1,078.1 inhabitants / km² |
Time zone | UTC +3 |
ISO 3166-2 | UG-113 |
Wakiso is a district in central Uganda. Like almost all districts of Uganda , it is named after its capital.
location
In the north Wakiso borders on the districts of Luwero and Nakaseke , in the east on Mukono and the capital district Kampala - which is largely enclosed by Wakiso - in the west on Mpigi and Mityana and in the south on Lake Victoria , whose islands belong to the Kalangala district.
population
The Wakiso district is located in the area of the Baganda people . With 2,915,200 inhabitants, it is the most populous district in Uganda off Kampala.
Census year | population |
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1994 | 562,887 |
2002 | 907.988 |
2014 | 1,997,418 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wakiso (district, Uganda) - population statistics, charts, map and location. Retrieved July 8, 2020 .