Official Name: | Busolwe |
Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uganda |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Uganda |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Butaleja District |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2020 Estimates |
Population Total: | 16800 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Coordinates: | 0.8492°N 33.9269°W |
Elevation M: | 1100 |
Busolwe is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is one of the two municipalities in Butaleja District, the other being Butaleja.[1]
Busolwe is approximately 10km (10miles), by road, southwest of Butaleja, the location of the district headquarters. This is about 49km (30miles), by road, southwest of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
Busolwe is located approximately northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The geographical coordinates of the town are 0°50'57.0"N, 33°55'37.0"E (Latitude:0.849167; Longitude:33.926944). Busolwe Town Council sits at an average elevation of above mean sea level.[2]
The 2002 national census recorded the population of Busolwe at 6276. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the town's population at 8,300. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 8,500.[3] In 2014, the national population census put the population at 13,640.[4]
In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Busolwe at 14,100 people. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 16,800 inhabitants. Of these, 8,700 (51.8 percent) were females and 8,100 (48.2 percent) were males. UBOS calculated the population growth rate of Busolwe Municipality to average 3.56 percent annually between 2015 and 2020.[5]
The following points of interest are found in Busolwe or near its borders:
1. Busolwe General Hospital, a 100-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
2. Busolwe Central Market
3. The offices of Busolwe Town Council
5. Lunyole Language Association Headquarters.