# Kigumba > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kigumba > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kigumba.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigumba > Source revision: 1330436365 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Place in Western Uganda, Uganda Kigumba Kigumba Map of Uganda showing the location of Kigumba. Coordinates: 01°48′54″N 32°00′36″E / 1.81500°N 32.01000°E / 1.81500; 32.01000 Country Uganda Region Western Uganda Sub-region Bunyoro sub-region District Kiryandongo District Elevation 1,180 m (3,870 ft) Population (2020 Estimates) • Total 22,000[1] Time zone UTC+3 (EAT) **Kigumba** is a town in [Kiryandongo District](/source/Kiryandongo_District), northwestern [Uganda](/source/Uganda). It is one of the urban centers in the district. The other urban centres in Kiryandongo District include: (a) [Karuma](/source/Karuma) b) [Kiryandongo](/source/Kiryandongo) (c) Bweyale and (d) [Masindi Port](/source/Masindi_Port). ## Location kigumba town Kigumba is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi), by road, northeast of [Masindi](/source/Masindi) (pop. 110,500 in 2020), the nearest large city.[2] This location lies approximately 200 kilometres (124 mi), by road, north-northwest of [Kampala](/source/Kampala), the [capital](/source/Capital_city) and largest city in Uganda.[3] Kigumba lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi), by road, south of Kiryandongo, where the district headquarters are located.[4] The coordinates of the town are:01 48 54N, 32 00 36E (Latitude:1.8150; Longitude:32.0100).[5] ## Overview Kigumba lies at the location where the highway from [Kampala](/source/Kampala) to [Gulu](/source/Gulu) through Kibangya and Rwekunye joins the highway from [Masindi](/source/Masindi) to [Gulu](/source/Gulu). It is a busy transit point. Established in the 1950s, the town is home to about 100 [Ugandan](/source/Uganda) and [Kenyan](/source/Kenya) ethnicities. In 2009, the town attained Municipal council status. The municipality consists of the following neighborhoods: (a) Old Kigumba (b) Naguru (c) Kigaragara (d) Kitwanga, the [CBD](/source/Central_business_district) (e) Kihura I (f) Kihura II and (g) Kabukye. Most of the developments are in the *Kitwanga* neighborhood. Here one can find the town council offices, financial institutions, factories, restaurants and most bars. The booming trade, has also attracted [Indian](/source/India), [Chinese](/source/China) and [South Sudanese](/source/South_Sudan) traders, who have established businesses, including food processing plants.[6] ## Organizational structure Kigumba Town Council Offices The political head of the town is the LC III Chairperson who is elected to a five-year term by universal adult suffrage across the six [wards](/source/Ward_(country_subdivision)). The supreme policy-making organ is the [Town Council](/source/Town_Council), composed of 12 elected councilors. The technical staff of the [municipality](/source/Municipality) is headed by the [town clerk](/source/Town_clerk), Mr. Akugizibwe Gabriel under whom there are several [municipal](/source/Municipal) departments. As of August 2014, the LC III chairman of the Town Council is Mr. [Karubanga Jacob Ateenyi](/source/Karubanga_Jacob) and the town clerk is Mr. Akugizibwe Gabriel ## Population The census in 2002 enumerated the population at 8,439 people. In 2014, the national population census and household survey put the population of Kigumba at 18,625. In July 2020, the [Uganda Bureau of Statistics](/source/Uganda_Bureau_of_Statistics) estimated the midyear population of the town at 22,000. The population agency calculated that the population of the town had increased at an average annual rate of 2.98 percent, between 2014 and 2020.[1] ‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). › Historical population Year Pop. ±% 2002 8,439 — 2014 18,625 +120.7% 2020 22,000 +18.1% source:[1] ## Economic activities Many women in the town engage in such activities as farming, road-side groceries, market vending, restaurants, hair care, and health care clinics. Men are mainly engaged in wholesale and retail merchandising, taxi driving and [boda boda](/source/Boda_boda) ([motorcycle](/source/Motorcycle) and [bicycle](/source/Bicycle)) for-hire transportation. Increasingly, residents of Kigumba Town are employed in salaried and non-salaried positions at the district headquarters in [Bweyale](/source/Kiryandongo). [6] ## Pollution ## Points of interest [Masindi](/source/Masindi), the largest town in the [sub-region](/source/Bunyoro_sub-region), lies approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi), by road, to the southwest of Kigumba. The district headquarters at [Kiryandongo](/source/Kiryandongo), are located approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), north of Kigumba. Located within the town itself is [Kigumba Petroleum Institute](/source/Kigumba_Petroleum_Institute) (KPI), a tertiary institution of education belonging to the [Ugandan government](/source/Government_of_Uganda). The Institute occupies premises that formerly housed, [Uganda Cooperative College](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Uganda_Cooperative_College&action=edit&redlink=1), which has now relocated to the [Eastern Ugandan](/source/Eastern_Region%2C_Uganda) town of [Tororo](/source/Tororo). KPI has now been elevated to University status.[7] Kigumba Central Market is the largest fresh-food market in town. [Stanbic Bank (Uganda) Limited](/source/Stanbic_Bank_(Uganda)_Limited), the largest commercial bank in [Uganda](/source/Uganda), by assets and branches, maintains a branch in Kigumba. ## See also - [Kigumba Petroleum Institute](/source/Kigumba_Petroleum_Institute) - [Kiryandongo District](/source/Kiryandongo_District) - [Bunyoro sub-region](/source/Bunyoro_sub-region) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-KGMB_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-KGMB_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-KGMB_1-2) Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). ["The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections"](https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/). *Citypopulation.de*. Retrieved 21 May 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Road Distance Between Masindi, Uganda And Kigumba, Uganda"](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Masindi/Kigumba/@1.7498547,31.7231894,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177ad1f876a662b7:0x34bff5413c2a88cf!2m2!1d31.7138458!2d1.6873134!1m5!1m1!1s0x177aeaac42bf4473:0x19b588dc190ad5cc!2m2!1d32.0127067!2d1.8128226!3e0) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 21 May 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Road Distance Between Kigumba, Uganda And Kampala, Uganda"](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Kigumba/@1.0820818,31.9983004,7.25z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177aeaac42bf4473:0x19b588dc190ad5cc!2m2!1d32.0127067!2d1.8128226!3e0) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 21 May 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Road Distance Between Kigumba, Uganda And Kiryandongo District Headquarters, Uganda"](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kiryandongo+District+Headquarters,+Kikube/Kigumba/@1.8387686,32.0784192,11.75z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177a9419b4976759:0xed9591ab9f060d5c!2m2!1d32.063964!2d1.877655!1m5!1m1!1s0x177aeaac42bf4473:0x19b588dc190ad5cc!2m2!1d32.0127067!2d1.8128226!3e0) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 21 May 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Location of Kigumba, Uganda"](https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B048'54.0%22N+32%C2%B000'36.0%22E/@1.8185536,32.0053536,2796m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xc74b9eef71ed744!8m2!3d1.815!4d32.01) (Map). *[Google Maps](/source/Google_Maps)*. Retrieved 21 May 2022. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bones_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bones_6-1) ["The Trees Were As Hard As Bones, Thus The Name Kigumba"](http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/638436-the-trees-were-as-hard-as-bones-thus-the-name-kigumba.html). *[New Vision](/source/New_Vision) (Kampala)*. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 28 February 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Kivabulaya, Frederick (16 April 2011). ["Kigumba Petroleum Institute To Become University - Minister Lokeris"](http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=32992). Uganda Radio Network Online. Retrieved 15 April 2014. ## External links - [Kigumba Satellite Map at Maplandia.com](http://www.maplandia.com/uganda/masindi/kibanda/kigumba/) - [Uganda Cooperative College Kigumba](https://web.archive.org/web/20110727010256/http://www.education.go.ug/Uganda_Rwanda_Exhibition/KIGUMBA%20BROCHURE.pdf) v t e Kiryandongo District Capital: Kiryandongo Towns and villages Bweyale Karuma Kiryandongo Kigumba Kikube Kirwara Kisembwa Katulikire Karungu Karuma Falls Masindi Port Rwekunye Geography Victoria Nile Economy Orient Bank Energy Ayago Power Station Karuma Power Station Notable landmarks Murchison Falls Murchison Falls National Park Transport Chobe Safari Lodge Airport Kampala-Gulu Highway Kigumba–Masindi–Hoima–Kabwoya Road Karuma–Olwiyo–Pakwach–Nebbi–Arua Road Rwekunye–Apac–Aduku–Lira–Kitgum–Musingo Road Education Kigumba Petroleum Institute Health Kiryandongo General Hospital Restoration Gateway Hospital ‎ Notable people Sam Otada Hellen Kahunde [01°48′54″N 32°00′36″E / 1.81500°N 32.01000°E / 1.81500; 32.01000](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kigumba¶ms=01_48_54_N_32_00_36_E_) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kigumba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigumba) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigumba?action=history)). 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