Western Region (Uganda)
The Western Region is one of four regions in Uganda . It is located in the south-western part of the country and borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the west, Rwanda and Tanzania in the south, the Ugandan Kingdom of Buganda and the Central Region and Lake Victoria in the east, and the Northern Region in the north . The region is divided into several districts .
Districts
In 2010 the Western Region consists of 26 districts :
District | Population (1991 census) |
Population (2002 census) |
Population (2014 census) |
No. | Capital |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buhweju district | 55,534 | 82,881 | 120,720 | 81 | Buhweju |
Buliisa district | 47,709 | 63,363 | 113.161 | 10 | Buliisa |
Bundibugyo District | 92,311 | 158.909 | 224,387 | 11 | Bundibugyo |
Bushenyi District | 160,982 | 205,671 | 234,440 | 12 | Bushenyi |
Hoima District | 197,851 | 343,618 | 572,986 | 18th | Hoima |
Ibanda District | 148.029 | 198,635 | 249,625 | 19th | Ibanda |
Isingiro District | 226.365 | 316.025 | 486.360 | 26th | Isingiro |
Kabale district | 417.218 | 458.318 | 528.231 | 23 | cabal |
Kabarole district | 299,573 | 356.914 | 469.236 | 24 | Fort portal |
Kamwenge District | 201,654 | 263,730 | 414.454 | 31 | Kamwenge |
Kanungu District | 160.708 | 204.732 | 252.144 | 32 | Kanungu |
Kasese district | 343,601 | 523.033 | 694.992 | 34 | Kasese |
Kibaale District | 220.261 | 405,882 | 785.088 | 37 | Kibaale |
Kiruhura District | 140.946 | 212.219 | 328.077 | 40 | Kiruhura |
Kiryandongo District | 83,405 | 187,707 | 266.197 | 92 | Kiryandongo |
Kisoro District | 186,681 | 220.312 | 281,705 | 41 | Kisoro |
Kyegegwa District | 63,547 | 110,925 | 281,637 | 96 | Kyegegwa |
Kyenjojo District | 182.026 | 266.246 | 422.204 | 46 | Kyenjojo |
Masindi District | 129,682 | 208.420 | 291.113 | 52 | Masindi |
Mbarara district | 267.457 | 361,477 | 472,629 | 55 | Mbarara |
Mitooma District | 134.251 | 160.802 | 183,444 | 102 | Mitooma |
Ntoroko District | 24,255 | 51,069 | 67.005 | 106 | Ntoroko |
Ntungamo District | 305.199 | 379.987 | 483.841 | 66 | Ntungamo |
Rubirizi district | 75,361 | 101,804 | 129,149 | 109 | Rubirizi |
Rukungiri District | 230.072 | 275.162 | 314,694 | 71 | Rukungiri |
Sheema District | 153.009 | 180.234 | 207.343 | 111 | Kibingo |
Individual evidence
- ^ Uganda: Administrative Division . citypopulation.de, November 8, 2016