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The District Council equally joins the Government to promote Education for all its citizens in partnership with parents and others members of the community. As such, the Government's Education policy is to promote quality basic education by improving access by girls and boys, equity and retention in
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According to the 2002 national census, the population of Masindi was about 28,300. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 43,000. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 45,400. The national population census conducted in August 2014 put the population
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newspaper identified three major challenges. The first challenge was the inadequacy of income-generating projects outside of the town centre. Three out of four divisions in town; Kigulya, Karujubu and Nyagahya are unable to generate enough revenue to meet service demands. The second major challenge
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In 2020, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of Masindi Town at 110,000 people. The population agency calculated that the population of the town grew at an average rate of 2.72 percent annually, between 2014 and 2020.
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These additional points of interest are within the town limits or close to the edges of town: (a) offices of Masindi Town Council (b) Masindi Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital administered by the
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The coordinates of Masindi are 1°41'01.0"N, 31°43'20.0"E (Latitude:1.683611; Longitude:31.722222). Masindi Town lies at an average elevation of1,227 metres (4,026 ft) above sea level.
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is the inadequacy of sanitation services. The town had five public toilets, as of November 2013, and all of them were located in the town's Central division. Masindi is serviced by
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founded here a mission in the 1910s. The town was developed as a commercial centre due to trade in cotton during the second half of the 19th century.
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To The Heart Of The Nile: Lady Florence Baker and the Exploration of Central Africa, by Pat Shipman
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and a vocational school for girls. Two Polish newspapers were issued in Masindi,
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highway. This location is approximately 57 kilometres (35 mi) north-east of
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Masindi is approximately 211 kilometres (131 mi) northwest of
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It is the site of the headquarters of the 875:Uganda Bureau of Statistics (14 June 2020). 916:Geoffrey Araali Mutegeki (5 October 2013). 1523:Populated places in Western Region, Uganda 1250: 1236: 911: 909: 907: 905: 903: 901: 1106: 16:Place in Western Region of Uganda, Uganda 1200:Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (2019). 1025: 785:, a public airport, administered by the 208: 200: 192: 898: 804:National Water and Sewerage Corporation 197:Sign post for Masindi Municipal Council 1510: 1121: 870: 868: 866: 293: 1231: 797:A profile of the town written by the 756: 440:Climate data for Masindi (1961–1990) 1085: 1019: 1181:. 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It is on the road between 174:4,026 ft (1,227 m) 7: 1349:Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited 1092:Uganda Bureau of Statistics 1058:Uganda Bureau of Statistics 1028:"Elevation of Masindi Town" 882:Uganda Bureau of Statistics 880:(Citypopulation.de Quoting 824: 775:Kigumba Petroleum Institute 773:(e) the main campus of the 559:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 489:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 416:, three primary schools, a 243: 10: 1544: 1128:Instytut Pamięci Narodowej 1000:"Location of Masindi Town" 745: 439: 431: 372: 1457: 1436: 1420: 1383: 1362: 1331: 1315: 1304: 1282: 1272: 1026:Floodmap (22 June 2019). 763:Uganda Ministry of Health 698: 628: 558: 488: 483: 480: 477: 474: 471: 468: 465: 462: 459: 456: 453: 450: 447: 444: 381:, Masindi was visited by 365: 306:—     183: 178: 170: 162: 157: 145: 133: 121: 106: 71: 37: 28: 21: 1428:Masindi General Hospital 1407:Omukama's Masindi Palace 1398:Bugungu Wildlife Reserve 1339:Absa Bank Uganda Limited 1202:"About Masindi Airfield" 418:general education liceum 128:Western Region of Uganda 1122:Wróbel, Janusz (2003). 1086:UBOS (27 August 2014). 1395:Budongo Forest Reserve 1060:(UBOS). 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Masindi is located in Uganda
01°41′01″N 31°43′20″E / 1.68361°N 31.72222°E / 1.68361; 31.72222

Uganda
Region
Western Region of Uganda
Sub-region
Bunyoro sub-region
District
Masindi District



Western Region
Uganda
Kampala
Murchison Falls National Park
Masindi District
Kampala
tarmac
Hoima
Bunyoro
Samuel
Florence Baker
White Fathers
World War II
Poles
Soviet-occupied Poland
East Africa

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