Masindi Port

Coordinates: 01°41′54″N 32°04′40″E / 1.69833°N 32.07778°E / 1.69833; 32.07778
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Masindi Port is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. The name also applied to the sub-county, where the own sits and forms the sub-county headquarters.[citation needed]

Location

Masindi Port is located in

Victoria Nile, approximately 194 kilometres (121 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[1]

This is approximately 49 kilometres (30 mi), by road, south of Kiryandongo, the district capital.[2] The geographical coordinates of Masindi Port are 1°41'54.0"N, 32°04'40.0"E (Latitude:1.6983;, 32.0778).[3]

Overview

Masindi Port was a busy

Victoria Nile between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert, steamboats could not navigate that part of the Nile. Passengers would travel by boat from Lake Victoria, down the Victoria Nile into Lake Kyoga. They would then disembark at Masindi Port and travel by land to Butiaba, a port on Lake Albert, where they would resume their water journey downstream the Nile. With the decline of this mode of river transportation, Masindi Port and Butiaba have been reduced to mainly market towns.[4]

Population

In 2009, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of Masindi Port at about 10,400.[5]

In 2015, UBOS estimated the town's population at 9,100 people. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of Masindi Port at 10,400. Of these, 5,500 (52.9 percent) were males and 4,900 (47.1 percent) were females. UBOS calculated the population growth rate of the town to average 2.7 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.[6]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
200910,400—    
20159,100−12.5%
202010,400+14.3%
source:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Google (14 April 2021). "Road Distance Between Kampala City And Masindi Port" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ Google (14 April 2021). "Road Distance Between Kiryandongo, Uganda And Masindi Port, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Google (14 April 2021). "Location of Masindi Port, Kiryandongo District, Uganda" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. ISBN 9781903471340
    . Retrieved 16 July 2015. Masindi.
  5. ^ UBOS (2009). "Kiryandongo District Community Information System: Chapter Two - Socio-Demographic Characteristics" (PDF). Kampala: Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. ^ a b Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). "The population development of Masindi Port as well as related information and services" (Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics). Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 April 2021.


01°41′54″N 32°04′40″E / 1.69833°N 32.07778°E / 1.69833; 32.07778

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