{"id":574,"date":"2012-10-06T13:41:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/mbale-town\/"},"modified":"2012-10-06T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:41:34","slug":"mbale-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/mbale-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbale Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-573\" src=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/10\/mbale_town.jpg\" alt=\"mbale town\" width=\"460\" height=\"308\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\nMbale Town is located in the eastern region of Uganda approximately 245km from Kampala City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2011, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Mbale Town at about 91,800.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key attractions<\/strong><br \/>\nThe following are the key attractions around the town:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mount Elgon National Park on the border with Kenya<\/li>\n<li>Bulegeni and Butandinga Cliffs\/Ridges found about 50 Km south-east of Mbale Town.<\/li>\n<li>Bufumbo and Wanala Forest Reserves are found at the ridges, about 5 Km East of Mbale Town.<\/li>\n<li>Cultural \/ Heritage Sites of Semei Kakungulu Tombs about 5 Km on\u00a0 the Mbale-Soroti Road<\/li>\n<li>The Mutoto Circumcision site in Mbale Municipality.<\/li>\n<li>Simu and Sisi Falls that are found in Sironko County within Mbale District.<\/li>\n<li>Bulukyeke \u2013 Bukigai Hills, a historical campsite dating to the colonial period and has. facilities including a permanent tile-roofed shelter and toilets.<\/li>\n<li>Mount Elgon<\/li>\n<li>Kakoro Rock Paintings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transport<\/strong><br \/>\nMbale Town is a boda-boda (bicycle) capital of Africa. There are too many bicycles in town which has forced\u00a0 the municipality\u00a0 to\u00a0 license them\u00a0 and issue them with\u00a0 number plates . Other means of transport include 14 seater commutter vans , motorcycles and special hire vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location Mbale Town is located in the eastern region of Uganda approximately 245km from Kampala City. Population In 2011, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Mbale Town at about 91,800. Key attractions The following are the key attractions around the town: Mount Elgon National Park on the border with Kenya Bulegeni [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":573,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-574","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Location Mbale Town is located in the eastern region of Uganda approximately 245km from Kampala City. Population In 2011, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of Mbale Town at about 91,800. Key attractions The following are the key attractions around the town: Mount Elgon National Park on the border with Kenya Bulegeni&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}