{"id":576,"date":"2012-10-06T13:51:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/mbarara-town\/"},"modified":"2012-10-06T13:51:42","modified_gmt":"2012-10-06T13:51:42","slug":"mbarara-town","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/mbarara-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Mbarara Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/10\/Mbarara Town.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-575\" src=\"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2012\/10\/Mbarara Town.jpg\" alt=\"Mbarara Town\" width=\"355\" height=\"432\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong><br \/>\nMbarara Town is located in the western part of Uganda about 290 km from Kampala City the capital of Uganda.\u00a0 It is an important business hub as the traveler can easily connect with any place in the western region from Mbarara Town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 2011, Uganda Bureau of\u00a0\u00a0 Statistics (UBOS) estimated the mid-year population of Mbarara Town at 83,700.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key attractions<\/strong><br \/>\nMbarara Town\u00a0 is\u00a0 a lively\u00a0 and ideal\u00a0 resting place for travelers heading to destinations in the western region including tourist attraction places\u00a0 like\u00a0 Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Mburo and the Rwenzori Mountains.\u00a0 The key attractions around the town include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0The Nkonkonjeru Royal Tombs at Kakika burial site of Omugabe (King) Kahaya II and Omugabe Gasyonga among others.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Lake Mburo National Park\u00a0 located about 30 kilometers east of Mbarara Town on Mbarara \u2013Kampala Road.<\/li>\n<li>Lake Nakivale\u00a0 located about 40 kilometers south-east of Mbarara Town<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0River Ruizi which passes through the town flowing from the highlands in Bushenyi district into Lake Kachera in Rakai district.<\/li>\n<li>Sanga Cultural Village, located at the Sanga junction about 20 kilometres leading to the Lake Mburo National Park.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Lake View in Town centre.<\/li>\n<li>Golf Course<\/li>\n<li>Local Ankole cows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Milk Town<\/strong><br \/>\nMbarara\u00a0 Town is popular as\u00a0 the largest provider of milk in Uganda. It is the center for milk processing in the Western region and has the largest number of milk processing plants in Uganda. A visitor to Mbarara Town is welcomed by\u00a0 a statue symbolic of the long-horned cattle illustrating the importance of cattle in Mbarara Town.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education Institutions<\/strong><br \/>\nMbarara\u00a0 Town is the home of\u00a0 the following institutions;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mbarara University of Science &amp; Technology (MUST),<\/li>\n<li>Bishop Stuart University,<\/li>\n<li>Mbarara High School (MHS)established in 1911<\/li>\n<li>Ntare School.established in 1956 and its important alumni include President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda\u00a0\u00a0 and President Paul Kagame of Rwanda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Location Mbarara Town is located in the western part of Uganda about 290 km from Kampala City the capital of Uganda.\u00a0 It is an important business hub as the traveler can easily connect with any place in the western region from Mbarara Town. Population In 2011, Uganda Bureau of\u00a0\u00a0 Statistics (UBOS) estimated the mid-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":575,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-576","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":"\u00a0 Location Mbarara Town is located in the western part of Uganda about 290 km from Kampala City the capital of Uganda.\u00a0 It is an important business hub as the traveler can easily connect with any place in the western region from Mbarara Town. 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