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'''Masafu''' is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
==Location== Masafu lies in Busia District, on the ''Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road'', about {{convert|10|km|0}} southwest of Busia, where the district headquarters are located.<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Busia+Uganda/Masafu/@0.4415157,34.0286869,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177fa0e07078428b:0x6c1d4dd11b933d52!2m2!1d34.0919803!2d0.4706692!1m5!1m1!1s0x177fa444b2512dc7:0x7d5c5deff91ab169!2m2!1d34.035455!2d0.4123624!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Busia, Uganda And Masafu, Uganda |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> This is approximately {{convert|193|km|0}} east of Kampala, the capital and largest city in the country.<ref>{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Masafu/@0.5122573,32.3316687,8z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177fa444b2512dc7:0x7d5c5deff91ab169!2m2!1d34.035455!2d0.4123624!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Masafu, Uganda And Kampala, Uganda With Interactive Map |access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> The coordinates of Masafu are 0°24'43.0"N, 34°02'07.0"E (Latitude:0.411936; Longitude:34.0352810).<ref>{{google maps| title=Location of Masafu, Busia District, Eastern Region, Uganda |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B024'43.0%22N+34%C2%B002'07.0%22E/@0.4119414,34.0330977,450m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.411936!4d34.035281 |access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>
==Points of interest== The following points of interest lie within the town limits or close to the edges of town:
* Masafu General Hospital, a government-owned public hospital, with planned bed capacity of 100.<ref>{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1289012/mulago-hospital-massive-facelift |title=Mulago Hospital for Massive Facelift | accessdate=29 May 2016 |date=3 June 2010 |first= Barbara Among | last=Felix Osike |location=Kampala}}</ref> * Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road, a national road, under upgrade to class II bitumen surface, with completion expected in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.theinsider.ug/enthusiasm-as-mayuge-welcomes-museveni/| title=Enthusiasm As Mayuge Welcomes Museveni| date=23 February 2015| accessdate=29 May 2016| last=The Insider Reporter| publisher=The Insider (Uganda)| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080609/http://www.theinsider.ug/enthusiasm-as-mayuge-welcomes-museveni| archive-date=4 March 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== *Busia District *List of hospitals in Uganda
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Authority control}} {{Busia District}} {{coord|00|22|07|N|34|39|36|E|display=title}}
Category:Busia District, Uganda Category:Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda