Kibaale District

Kibaale (sometimes Kibale ) is a district (municipality) in western Uganda with 108 357 inhabitants. Like almost all 78 districts of Uganda, he is named after its chief town.

  • 2.1 outline
  • 3.1 ethnicities and religion
  • 4.1 Agriculture
  • 4.2 Transport Infrastructure

Geography

Kibaale is bordered by the districts of Hoima in the north, Kiboga and Mubende in the East, Kabarole and Bundibugyo and Kyenjojo in the south and Lake Albert in the west. The district extends on a central plateau with an altitude 680-1500 meters.

Climate

The climate is tropical lies with a relatively safe precipitate, which between 1000 mm and 1500 mm. Therefore, there are at least two growing seasons per year. The rainy season from September to December, also from March through May is intercepted by two dry seasons.

Policy

Structure

The district is divided into three counties.

Population

Based on the 2002 census Kibaale has a population of 108 357 people in 2007. These, 53,844 (equivalent to 49.7 %) male and 54 513 (equivalent to 50.3 %) were female. The estimated growth rate is 4.1 %.

Ethnic and religious

Kibaale is a socially different district with more than 32 registered ethnic groups, but only half of the population is Banyoro. The rest are immigrants. About 60% are Catholic, 30 % belong to the " Church of Uganda " and 3 % are Muslim. The district is like being in Western Uganda usual predominantly rural - corresponding to the low population density of 26.6 inhabitants per km.

Economy and infrastructure

Agriculture

Agriculture is as in the other districts, generally, the income and livelihood and provides for 80% of people work. The remaining work, especially in the livestock sector.

Traffic routes

The district is adjacent to some roads, air and waterways to the national railway line, which is currently in the district out of service connected. Kibaale has a network of 415 km feeder roads and 600 km rural roads.

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