Mityana

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Mityana |other_name = Mitiyana |native_name =  |nickname = |settlement_type =  |motto =  |image_skyline =Mityana, Uganda - panoramio.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Uganda |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Uganda  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = 25px Uganda |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Central Uganda |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Mityana District |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name =  |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = 225 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2024 Census |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = 126109<ref name="1R"/> |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = 559.7 |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title = |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi = |timezone = EAST |utc_offset = +3 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|00|24|02|N|32|02|32|E|region:UG|display=inline, title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m =1209 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} thumb|Weather in Sekanyonyi Mityana District '''Mityana''' is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mityana District, as well as the location of the district headquarters.<ref name="2R">{{cite web| url=https://mityanacharity.org/about_mityana.php |date=1 February 2021 |title=About Mityana District: The District Headquarters Are In Mityana |publisher=Mityana Charity Organisation | access-date=1 February 2021 |author=Mityana Charity Organisation}}</ref>

==Location== Mityana is approximately {{convert|70|km|0}}, by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref name="3R">{{google maps|title=Distance between Kampala and Mityana With Map |url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mityana/Kampala/@0.3585698,32.0329147,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d199a8b012b1d:0x325057cc4e9054ca!2m2!1d32.043969!2d0.4016398!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!3e0 |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> This is approximately {{convert|80.5|km|0}}, by road, east of Mubende, along the Kampala–Fort Portal Road. Mityana is about halfway between Kampala and Mubende, along an all-weather tarmac highway that links Uganda's capital with the city of Fort Portal in the Western Region.<ref name="4R">{{google maps | url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Mityana/Mubende/@0.4784554,31.4362667,10z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d199a8b012b1d:0x325057cc4e9054ca!2m2!1d32.043969!2d0.4016398!1m5!1m1!1s0x1763241c7be83eb1:0x4704f8c044e3382c!2m2!1d31.3884671!2d0.5539013!3e0 | title=Travel Distance Between Mityana, Uganda And Mubende, Uganda |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> The geographical coordinates of Mityana are 0°23'58.0"N, 32°02'36.0"E (Latitude:0.399444, Longitude:32.043333).<ref name="5R">{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B023'58.0%22N+32%C2%B002'36.0%22E/@0.4002938,32.0440475,392m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.3994444!4d32.0433333 |title=Location of Mityana, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> The average elevation of the town is {{convert|1209|m|0}} above mean sea level.<ref name="6R">{{cite web| date=1 February 2021 |url=https://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=229139 |title=Elevation of Mityana, Uganda | publisher=Floodmap.net |access-date=1 February 2021 |author=Floodmap}}</ref>

==Overview== thumb|Weather in Mityana thumb|Muduuma Health Centre

As of January 2020, Mityana town covers an area of {{convert|263|km2|mi2}}.<ref name="1R" /> The topography consists of gentle slopes with open, U-shaped valleys. The plateau landscape is advantageous to real estate developers because they do not incur many expenses for clearance of building sites. In July 2013, the town was added to the list of urban centers serviced by the National Water and Sewerage Corporation. Since then, NWSC has expanded service to other areas of Mityana District.<ref name="7R">{{cite web| date=20 August 2020 | url=https://nilepost.co.ug/2020/08/20/nwsc-to-increase-water-supply-to-over-100-villages-in-nakaseke-kiboga-and-mityana/ | title=NWSC to increase water supply to over 100 villages in Nakaseke, Kiboga and Mityana |publisher=Nile Post Uganda | author=Muhamadi Matovu |access-date=1 February 2021 | place=Kampala}}</ref> The town has become infamous for the location of scam dog shelters. Using the internet the scammers illicit donations from unsuspecting western social media users. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-05-03 |title=Mityana dog scam: BBC uncovers the Ugandans abusing animals to elicit donations for shelters |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9l74wvd7o |access-date=2026-05-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Population== In 2002, the national census estimated the population of Mityana town to be 34,100. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 38,700. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 39,300.<ref name="8R">{{cite web |title=Estimated Population of Mityana In 2002, 2010 & 2011 | url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |date=2012 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=1 February 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>

In August 2014, the national population census put the population of Mityana, as presently (February 2021), 95,428 people. In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 105,200. The population agency calculated the annual population growth rate of Mityana to average 1.68 percent, between 2014 and 2020.<ref name="1R">{{cite web| title=The population of all Ugandan cities and towns with more than 15,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official projections |date=14 June 2020 | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/cities/ |publisher=Citypopulation.de |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=1 February 2021 |format=Cityppulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>{{Historical populations| 2002|34,100|2010|38,700|2011|39,300|2014|95,428|2020|105,200|||align=none|footnote=source:<ref name="1R"/><ref name="8R"/>}}

==Points of interest== The following points of interest are located near or within the town limits:<ref name="5R"/>

* The offices of Mityana Town Council * Mityana Central Market * The headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kiyinda–Mityana * Mityana General Hospital, a 120-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health<ref name="9R">{{cite journal |title=Chronic Osteomyelitis In A Ugandan Rural Setting |publisher=East African Medical Journal: ; Vol:80, No:5 | date=May 2003 |author=C.B.R. Ibingira |journal=East African Medical Journal |volume=80 |issue=5 |pages=242–6 | doi=10.4314/eamj.v80i5.8694|pmid=16167739 |doi-access=free }}</ref> * The headquarters of Kolping Mityana Women's Project, a Tier IV financial institution<ref name="10R">{{cite web| title=Kolping Guesthouse Mityana | url=https://kolpingguesthouses-africa.com/uganda/mityana/ |date=1 February 2021 |publisher=Kolping Guesthouses Africa |author=Kolping Guest Houses |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref> * Lake Wamala, with the northern shores located approximately {{convert|4|km|0}} southwest of downtown Mityana * Kampala−Mubende highway, passing through the center of town in a northwest/southeast direction * Mityana Secondary School, a public residential secondary school with 26 dormitories * William Mukasa Primary School, a mixed day and boarding primary school close to the district headquarters * LivingHope-Children Junior Academy, serving poor children in Buwalula, Kamuli, and Jezza * Mityana Modern Secondary School, a private secondary school, founded in 1994

==Road improvement and development == In April 2021, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) hired Energo Project Uganda Limited, a construction company, to improve the {{convert|86|km|0}} Mityana–Mubende Road, at a cost of UGX:396 billion (approx. US$105 million). That contract includes the tarmacking of several urban roads in Mityana Town, some for the first time ever. The length of the urban roads is reported as approximately {{convert|14|km|0}} and includes Katakara Road ({{convert|7.8|km|0}}, Market Street ({{convert|320|m|0}} and Thorban road among others. Construction was expected to conclude in April 2024.<ref name="TaR">{{cite web| url=https://chimpreports.com/mityana-mubende-road-reconstruction-to-be-completed-in-2024-unra/ |title=Mityana-Mubende Road Reconstruction To Be Completed In 2024 |work=ChimpReports | date=14 February 2022 |author=Christopher Kiiza |access-date=18 September 2022 |location=Kampala, Uganda}}</ref>

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==External links== * [https://www.guidetouganda.com/towns/mityana-town.html Brief Town Profile] As of 2013.

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

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