Lugazi
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| Country |  Uganda |
| Region | Central Region of Uganda |
| District | Buikwe District |
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| • Mayor | John Bosco Asea Ozuma [1][2] |
| Elevation | 3,950 ft (1,204 m) |
| Population (2014 Census) | |
| • Total | 39,483[3] |
Lugazi is a town in the Buikwe District of the Central Region of Uganda. The town is also called "Kawolo", and the two names are interchangeably used by the local inhabitants.[citation needed]
Location
The town is on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[4] Its is approximately 23 kilometres (14 mi), by road, east of Mukono, the nearest large town, also on the highway between Kampala and Jinja.[5] The average elevation of the Lugazi is about 1,204 metres (3,950 ft).[citation needed] The coordinates of Lugazi are 0°22'08.0"N, 32°56'25.0"E (Latitude:0.368889; Longitude:32.940278).[6]
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within the town or close to its boundaries:
- offices of Lugazi Town Council
- headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi
- Lugazi central market
- headquarters of the Mehta Group in Uganda
- Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCUL), a member of the Mehta Group
- Ugma Engineering Corporation Limited, a member of the Mehta Group
- Cable Corporation Limited, a member of the Mehta Group
- Uganda Hortech Limited, a member of the Mehta Group
- University of Military Science and Technology, which is owned and administered by the Uganda People's Defence Force
- Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga, located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi), by road, west of downtown Lugazi in Mukono District
- Kawolo Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
- Lugazi Golf Course, which is located on the grounds of SCUL
- branch of the National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
- Kampala-Jinja Highway, passing through the center of town in an east/west configuration
Population
The 2002 national census estimated the population of Lugazi at 27,979. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 34,500. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at about 35,500.[7] In 2014, the national population census put the population of Lugazi at 39,483[3]
Sports
In 2012, a Little League baseball team from Lugazi qualified for the 2012 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. This was the second ever team from Uganda to qualify and the first to make the trip to the USA.[8]
Lugazi is also the home of the Uganda Revenue Authority SC, a member of the Uganda Premier Soccer League.
See also
References
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