BULIISA DISTRICT LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
Buliisa district was curved out of Masindi district in July 2006.
The District is located in the Bunyoro( Albertine) Sub Region - Mid-western part of Uganda with its headquarters 320km from Kampala;
It borders Pakwach and Nwoya districts in the North, Masindi in the East, Hoima in the South and Democratic Republic of Congo in the west.
Size
Buliisa District covers an area of 3200 sq.kms comprised of open water and land.
It is surrounded by Lake Albert, Albert Nile, game reserves/park and Budongo forest, its vital to note that the bigger part of the land area of the district is within the Murchison falls national park, Bugungu game reserve and Budongoforest
- -Land under forest = 320 sq. kms
- -Land under water =1312sq kms
- -Land under UWA = 832sq kms
- -Land under human settlement and grazing = 736sq kms
Administrative Structure 2023
|
County |
1 |
|
Town council |
4 |
|
Subcounty |
6 |
|
Parishes |
22 |
|
Wards |
17 |
|
Villages |
131 |
|
Cells |
43 |
Population statistics
|
|
Number |
Percentage |
|
Total population projected for 2023/24 from the recent census 2014 |
171,300 |
|
|
Male |
87,877 |
51.3% |
|
Female |
83,423 |
48.7% |
|
Total number of House Holds |
27177 |
|
|
Women in child bearing age |
39,399 |
23% |
|
Pregnant Women |
8565 |
5% |
|
Expected birth |
8,308 |
4.85% |
|
Children Under 1 year |
7,366 |
4.30% |
|
Children under five years |
34603 |
20.20% |
|
Under 15 years |
78,798 |
46% |
|
Youth population 18-30years |
35,973 |
21% |
|
Voting population 18 years and above |
71,946 |
42% |
|
Growth rate |
|
4.8% |
Location:
NB
Buliisa District has a fully constituted District Council Headed by the District Chair Person and the political wing and the Chief Administrative Officer heading the Technical wing. All statutory bodies as mandated by law are fully operational.