Lugazi
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Uganda
UgandaElevation1,223 m (4,012 ft)
Lugazi
Kawolo | |
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  Lugazi Location in Uganda | |
| Coordinates: 00°22′08″N 32°56′25″E / 0.36889°N 32.94028°E | |
| Country | Uganda |
| Region | Central Region of Uganda |
| District | Buikwe District |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Asea John Bosco Onzuma[1][2] |
| Elevation | 1,223 m (4,012 ft) |
| Population (2024 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 129,795 |
Lugazi is a town in the Buikwe District of the Central Region of Uganda. The town is also called "Kawolo", and the two names are interchangeably used by the local inhabitants.[4]
The town is on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately 46 kilometres (29 mi) east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[5] It is approximately 25.5 kilometres (16 mi), by road, east of Mukono, the nearest large town, also on the Kampala–Jinja Highway.[6] Lugazi sits at an average elevation of 1,223 metres (4,012 ft), above mean sea level.[7] The coordinates of Lugazi are 0°22'08.0"N, 32°56'25.0"E (Latitude:0.368889; Longitude:32.940278).[8]
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within or close to the town:
- offices of Lugazi Town Council
- headquarters of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi
- Lugazi central market
- headquarters of the Mehta Group in Uganda
- University of Military Science and Technology, which is owned and administered by the Uganda People's Defence Force
- Mount Saint Mary's College Namagunga, located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi), by road, west of downtown Lugazi in Mukono District
- Kawolo Hospital, a 200-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health
- Lugazi Golf Course, which is located on the grounds of SCUL
- branch of the National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
- Kampala-Jinja Highway, passing through the center of town in an east/west configuration
