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Bundibugyo District

Field	Value
name	Bundibugyo District
settlement_type	District
image_map	Bundibugyo District in Uganda.svg
map_caption	District location in Uganda
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Uganda
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Western Uganda
subdivision_type2	Sub-region
subdivision_name2	Rwenzori sub-region
seat_type	Capital
seat	Bundibugyo
area_land_km2	848.2
population_as_of	2012 Estimate
population_total	261700
population_density_km2	308.5
timezone	EAT
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
website

A home stands right below a part of the rift Valley in Bundibugyo, Uganda.

Bundibugyo District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda, bordering the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The town of Bundibugyo is where both the district headquarters and the Bwamba Kingdom seat (Obudhingiya Bwa Bwamba) are located. Before July 2010, the districts of Ntoroko and Bundibugyo were one. These districts are the only two in Uganda that lie west of the Rwenzori mountains. Bundibugyo (With Ntoroko) was first named Semuliki district on separating it from the Greator Kabarole district alongside Rwenzori district (Kasese) in 1974.

Location

Via Karugutu Bundibugyo District is bordered by Ntoroko District to the northeast, Kabarole District to the east, Bunyangabu District to the southeast, Kasese District to the south and the D.R.C to the west and north. The district headquarters at Bundibugyo are located approximately 83.6 km, by road, west of Fort Portal city the capital of Rwenzori Sub-region.{{cite web

Overview

In the late 1990s, tens of thousands of civilians were displaced by the insurgency of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) who were operating in the district. In one such raid on 7 April 1999, rebels killed 11 civilians and looted property during an attack in the district. In a separate attack in the same month, the member of parliament for Bunyangabu county was shot and wounded in an attack in neighboring Kabarole District by ADF insurgents.

Population

The 1991 national population census estimated the district population at 92,300. During the 2002 national census, the population of was put at about 158,900. The annual population growth rate in the district was estimated at 5.2 percent.

In 2012, the population of the district was estimated at 261,700.{{cite web|publisher=Citypopulation.de

Economic activities

Subsistence agriculture and animal husbandry are the two major economic activities in the district. It is the largest producer of cocoa in Uganda, accounting for unprocessed beans worth UGX:90 billion annually.

References

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[[Districts of Uganda. 2002 Ugandan Population By District]]
Felix Basiime, and Ruth Katusabe. (17 June 2014). "Changing Fortunes of Bundibugyo District". [[Daily Monitor]].

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