5-461: Kabale District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda . Kabale hosts the district headquarters. It was originally part of Kigezi District , before the districts of Rukungiri , Kanungu , Kisoro , Rubanda and Rukiga were excised to form separate districts. Kabale is sometimes nicknamed "Kastone" as in the local language Rukiga , a "kabale" is a small stone. The Kabale District
10-488: Is bordered by Rukungiri District to the north, Rukiga District to the north-east, Rwanda to the east and south, Rubanda District to the west, and Kanungu District to the north-west. Kabale is approximately 143 kilometres (89 mi), by road, southwest of the city of Mbarara , the largest urban centre in Uganda's Western Region. Kabale is located approximately 410 kilometres (255 mi), by road, south-west of Kampala ,
15-468: Is intended to prevent resources from being distributed primarily to chief towns and leaving the remainder of each district neglected. Each district is further divided into counties and municipalities , and each county is further divided into sub-counties . The head elected official in a district is the chairperson of the Local Council five (usually written with a Roman numeral V). In September 2015,
20-443: The capital of Uganda. Kabale sits approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi), north of the town of Katuna at the international border with Rwanda . The national population census and household survey of 27 August 2014, enumerated the population of the district at 230,609. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the district population, as constituted on 1 July 2020, at 248,700. Of these, 120,000 are estimated to be males and
25-504: The remaining 128,700 are estimated to be females. UBOS calculated the average annual population growth rate at 1.3 percent, between 2014 and 2020. Districts of Uganda As of 1 July 2020, Uganda is divided into 135 districts plus the capital city of Kampala , which are grouped into four geographic regions . Since 2005, the Ugandan government has been in the process of dividing districts into smaller units. This decentralization
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