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Bundibugyo
district covers and area of 2,338 Sq Km.
The district covers a total
area of 2338 Square km. Of this area, open waters,
swamps and Rivers cover 570 KM2, while 1243 square
km is covered by mountains, forests, national
Parks (Semuliki and Mt. Rwenzori) and Forest reserves.
145 square km is covered by game reserves and
380 square km is used for Agriculture.
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Neighbours
Bundibugyo
District is located in the Western Region of Uganda.
The district is bordered by the district of Kibale
in the North-East, Kabarole in the East and South
East and to the West by the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC). To the North, it shares its boundary
with Lake Albert.
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Bundibugyo At a Glance |
| Weather
Bundibugyo
District experiences Bi-modal rainfall pattern. The
first rains are short and occur during March-May, and
the longer rains from August-December. Annual rainfall
ranges from less than 800 mm to 1600 mm and is greatly
influenced by altitude.
Rainfall
distributions of the District enable Agriculture (crop
growing) to take place all through the year.
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Population
The
district has a population of 174,800 people of which
87,700 are males and 87,100 are females. Of the total
population, 32,831 are under five years of age. The
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Infrastructure
Bundibugyo
– Fort Portal road links between the Districts
to the rest of the Country. It is also important to
note that Bundibugyo District is linked to Eastern Congo
via Bundibugyo Lamia Road. This part of Congo and the
accessible interior have an estimated population of
340,000 people (three times that of Bundibugyo) and
it is dependent on various services rendered in Bundibugyo
District, e.g. district hospital, transportation link
to Kampala and veterinary services. It is also known
that Eastern Congo is very rich in minerals such as
gold, Colton and diamonds. In addition, there is plenty
of timber.
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Bundibugyo
district has only one Hospital with a total bed
capacity of 144 and average out Patients Department
attendance of 200 people per day . There are 21
Health Units.
Bundibugyo
Hospital was opened in 1969. The Hospital is graded
at 104 bed capacity; though this capacity has
changed over time with an upward direction, Bundibugyo
Hospital is till the only Government Hospital
and the only hospital in the District.
The
Hospital serves the three counties of Bwamba,
Ntoroko and Bughendera with a population of about
160,000 people. The hospital also serves the neighbouring
people from Eastern DRC where almost there are
no health services.
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Livestock
farming is still under traditional practice. This
means that veterinary services and marketing are
still substandard due to a number of factors including
poor roads, which hindered mobility. Cattle, goats,
sheep and chicken are major animals kept.
There
is a population of about 120,000 local heads of
cattle grazing mainly in rift valley area of approximately
80 sq km. About 15,000 heads of cattle are sold
per year in two markets.
Hides
and skins from local slaughters average about
7,000 and each hide piece is sold at an average
of 10,000/= Uganda shillings. There is an average
sales figure of 70 million hides per year.
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