Kira Town
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Kira Kira Municipality |
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 Kira
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| Coordinates: 00°23′50″N 32°38′20″E / 0.39722°N 32.63889°ECoordinates: 00°23′50″N 32°38′20″E / 0.39722°N 32.63889°E | |
| Country |
 Uganda
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| Region | Central Region |
| District | Wakiso District |
| Parliamentary Constituency | Kira Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Julius Mutebi |
| • Member of Parliament | Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda |
| Area | |
| • Total | 38.16 sq mi (98.83 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,900 ft (1,190 m) |
| Population (2014 Census) | |
| • Total | 317,157 |
| • Density | 4,712/sq mi (1,819.3/km2) |
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second-largest city by population. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.
Kira town council has been elevated to Municipality since mid 2016. Kira Municipality is bordered by Gayaza to the north, Mukono to the east, Lake Victoria to the south, Kampala to the west, and Kasangati to the north-west. The town is approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) north-east of the central business district of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the town are 0°23'50.0"N, 32°38'26.0"E (Latitude:0.397237; Longitude:32.640557). The town is approximately 98 square kilometres (24,000 acres) in size.
Kira Town is divided into six administrative parishes. These are:
The political head of the town is the mayor. The supreme policy-making organ is the Town Council, composed of 24 elected councillors.
Kira Town is the largest town council (municipality) in Uganda by population. The town is the second-largest urban center in the country, after Kampala.
The population of Kira Town has grown at a relatively rapid rate compared to the national average over the last decade. Part of the rapid growth is attributable to the town's proximity to Kampala. Kira is a bedroom community for Kampala.
The national census in 2002 estimated Kira's population to be 140,774 people, of whom 67,222 (47.8 percent) were males and 73,548 (52.2 percent) were females. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated the mid-year 2010 population to be 172,300 and the mid-year 2011 population to be 179,800. The town planner, however, estimated the population to be 300,000 in 2010. In August 2014, the national population census put the population at 313,761.
A large number of young adults are engaged in boda boda (motorcycle and bicycle) for-hire transportation. Increasingly, residents of Kira Town are employed in salaried and non-salaried positions in the city of Kampala and return to Kira in the evenings to sleep. The Kampala Industrial and Business Park, an 894 hectares (2,210 acres) business development park developed by the Uganda Investment Authority at a cost of about US$180 million (about UGX:470.5 billion), is located at Namanve in Bweyogerere Ward in extreme southeastern Kira Town.
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