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'''Kalisizo''' is a town in the southern part of the [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Region of Uganda]]. Although it is the leading commercial center in [[Kyotera District]], the administrative headquarters of the district are in [[Kasaali]].
==Location== Kalisizo lies on the main highway between [[Masaka]] and the border town of [[Mutukula, Uganda|Mutukula]] on [[Uganda]]'s border with [[Tanzania]]. Kalisizo is located approximately {{convert|29|km|0}}, by road, southwest of [[Masaka]], the nearest large city.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 February 2018 |url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Masaka%20Post%20Office%2C%20Masaka%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Kalisizo%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJf5KjgsSO1xkRfqV2JCw9RR4&dt2=ChIJpZIJsGTV2RkR0CknBe314jM |title=Distance between Masaka Post Office, Masaka, Uganda and Kalisizo, Uganda |date=28 February 2018 | publisher=Globefeed.com |author=Globefeed.com}}</ref> Kalisizo is approximately {{convert|61|km|0}}, by road, north of [[Mutukula, Uganda|Mutukula]], the town at the international border with [[Tanzania]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 February 2018 | url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=kalisizo%20hospital%2C%20Masaka%20-%20Kakuto%20Road%2C%20Kalisizo%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Kololo%20Weekly%20Mkt%2C%20Mutukula%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJS1y0WGPV2RkRU0v906J4yDg&dt2=ChIJe-Vj6Aj32RkRzu3hxwb340k |date=28 February 2018 | publisher=Globefeed.com |author=Globefeed.com |title=Distance between Kalisizo Hospital, Masaka–Kakuto Road, Kalisizo, Uganda and Kololo Weekly Market, Mutukula, Uganda}}</ref> The coordinates of the town are:0°32'06.0"S, 31°37'21.0"E (Latitude:-0.5350; Longitude:31.6225).<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B032'06.0%22S+31%C2%B037'21.0%22E/@-0.535,31.6225,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0| title=Location of Kalisizo Town, Kyotera District, Central Region, Uganda|access-date=28 February 2018}}</ref>
==Population== In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated the population of the town at 32,000, compared to 32,700 in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=28 February 2018 |format=PDF |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |title=Estimated Population of Ugandan Towns in July 2011 |date=July 2010 |publisher=[[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] (UBOS) |author=UBOS |location=Kampala}}</ref> In 2014 the National Census and Household Survey enumerated the population of Kalisizo at 31,439, with the urban population being 13,464, and the rural population being 17,975.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf |title=Uganda National Census & Household Survey: Appendix 3; Households and Population by Subcounty/Town Council/Urban Division and Sex, 2014 |access-date=28 February 2018 |date=November 2014 |author=UBOS |publisher=[[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] |location=Kampala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110115940/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Points of interest== The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of town: * The offices of Kalisizo Town Council * The headquarters of Kalisizo Sub-county * [[Kalisizo General Hospital]] - A 120-bed public hospital administered by the [[Uganda Ministry of Health]] * Offices of The Rotary Club of Kalisizo - Club Number 59564. * Christ the King Senior Secondary School * Kalisizo central market * The [[Masaka–Mutukula Road]] - The road passes through the middle of town in a north-south direction. * Kalisizo Grade One Magistrate's Court. * Kalisizo Police Station offices.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bindhe | url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/one-killed-in-kalisizo-armed-robbery |title=One Dead, 3 Injured in Kalisizo Robbery | access-date=28 February 2018 |date=11 January 2017 |first=Edward |publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] |location=Kampala}}</ref> * Rakai Health Sciences Program (Rakai Project) head offices.
==See also== * [[Hospitals in Uganda]]
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==External links== * [http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Rakai--Where-Uganda-s-HIV-fight-began/688342-2199230-a4tuo6z/index.html Rakai: Where Uganda’s HIV fight began]
{{Authority control}} {{Kyotera District}} {{coord|00|32|06|S|31|37|21|E|region:UG_type:city|display=title}}
[[Category:Kyotera District]] [[Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda]]