Luweero

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==History== In 1982, in the Ugandan Civil War, Milton Obote's soldiers raided their village, from Kampala.

==Location== Luweero is approximately {{convert|62|km|0}}, by road, north of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on the highway to Masindi. The road is a busy, all-weather tarmac highway.<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Luweero/@0.5903985,32.2582015,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c64335343c031:0x3b316683bdb77d2a!2m2!1d32.497668!2d0.8404086!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Luweero, Uganda | access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref> The coordinates of the town are 0°49'59.0"N, 32°29'58.0"E (Latitude:0.833056; Longitude:32.499444).<ref name="4R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.co.ug/maps/place/0%C2%B049'59.0%22N+32%C2%B029'58.0%22E/@0.8318433,32.5000623,739m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.8330556!4d32.4994444 |title=Satellite Map of Luweero Town And Surrounding Communities |access-date=2 June 2021}}</ref>

==Overview== Luweero is one of several municipalities in Luweero District.<ref name="PregR">{{cite web| newspaper=Daily Monitor | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/luweero-teen-pregnancies-increase-over-street-vending--3413358 |title=Luweero teen pregnancies increase over street vending |date=25 May 2021 | author=Dan Wandera |access-date=2 June 2021 |location=Kampala}}</ref>

==Population== The population of the town of Luweero was estimated at 23,500 during the 2002 national census. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at approximately 28,800. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 29,500.<ref name="Pop1R">{{cite web| date=2012 | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf | title=Estimated Population of Luweero In 2002, 2010 & 2011 | publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=2 June 2021 |location=Kampala | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf | archive-date=2014-07-07 | format=Archived from the original on 7 July 2014}}</ref> During the national population census of 2014, the population was enumerated at 42,734.<ref name="Dry">{{cite web | url=http://citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html | title=The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants | date=27 August 2014 |publisher=Citypopulation.de |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=23 February 2015 | format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>

In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Luweero Town at 43,700. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 49,100. Of these, 26,100 (53.2 percent) were females and 23,000 (46.8 percent) were males. UBOS calculated that the population of Luweero Town increased at an average estimated rate of 2.4 percent per year, between 2015 and 2020.<ref name="Pop2R">{{cite web | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/luwero/SC0515__luwero/ |title=The population development of Luwero Town as well as related information and services |date=14 Jun 2020 | publisher=Citypopulation.de |access-date=2 June 2021 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}</ref> {{Historical populations| 2002|23,500|2010|28,800|2011|29,500|2014|42,734|2015|43,700|2020|49,100|||align=none|footnote=source:<ref name="Pop2R"/><ref name="Pop1R"/><ref name="Dry"/>}}

==Points of interest== In Luweero or near the town, there are several points of interest, including the following:<ref name="4R"/>

* Headquarters of Luweero District Administration * Offices of Luweero Town Council * Headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kasana–Luweero * Headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist North Buganda station.(Seventh-day Adventist Church) * Headquarters of the Anglican Luweero Diocese (Church of Uganda) * Luweero Central Market * Headquarters of ''Wekembe SACCO'', a microfinance institution * Kampala-Masindi highway, passing through the center of town in a north/south alignment * Luweero-Kasana Health Centre IV, a public health facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.ug/four-critically-injured-after-speeding-taxi-overturns-in-luweero/ |title=Four critically injured after speeding taxi overturns in Luweero | newspaper=The Independent (Uganda) |date=2 April 2021 | author=Uganda Radio Network |access-date=2 June 2021 | location=Kampala}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/luwero-district.html Profile of Luweero District] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20151211085251/http://www.luweerodiocese.org/ Luweero Diocese] (Church of Uganda)

Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Category:Cities in the Great Rift Valley Category:Luweero District