Mbarara
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Mbarara Land of Milk. |
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| Motto: Ebirungi Biruga Omutuutu (Good things come from sweat) | |
 Mbarara
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| Coordinates: 00°36′48″S 30°39′30″E / 0.61333°S 30.65833°E | |
| Country |
 Uganda
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| Region | Western Region |
| Sub-region | Ankole sub-region |
| District | Mbarara District |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Township | 1957 |
| Municipality | 1974 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kakyebezi Robert |
| Population (2014 Census) | |
| • Total | 195,013 |
| Time zone | +3 (East African Standard Time) |
Mbarara is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbarara District and the site of the district headquarters.
Mbarara is about 290 kilometres (180 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Mbarara is an important transport hub, lying west of Masaka on the road to Kabale, near Lake Mburo National Park. The coordinates of the Mbarara central business district are 00 36 48S, 30 39 30E (Latitude:-0.6132; Longitude:30.6582).
In 2002, the national census estimated the population of the town at 69,400. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 82,000 in 2010. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year populatiation at 83,700. In August 2014, the national population census put the population at 195,013.
MBARARA GENESIS Early Travellers in Ankole and the Founding of Mbarara by an African, Asian and European Initiative. by David Weekes, (2014) describes its founding in 1899 on an old royal site which had been abandoned.
Mbarara came from behind and developed to surpass Entebbe, Masaka, Gulu, and Jinja as the second-largest town in Uganda after Kampala and also second to Kampala in importance, industry, and infrastructure, 3rd largest town in Uganda by population after Kampala and Kira and the fastest growing town in Uganda followed by Gulu.
Starting with 2000, modern buildings have been established including malls, arcades, plaza, and hotels. Modern hospitals have also been constructed including Mbarara Hospital, which is now a National Referral Hospital, Mbarara Community Hospital a private hospital located in Kyamugorani, Kakiika Division, and Mayanja Memorial Hospital located in Nyamityobora Kakoba Division.
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