Kakiri
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History
Kakiri was affected by the Ugandan Bush War. On 5 April 1981, the town was the site of a Popular Resistance Army raid targeting a local Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) camp.Template:Sfn In April 1982, UNLA soldiers murdered and buried 55 civilians at Kakiri, accusing them of superstitious activities.Template:Sfn One month later, another 20 people were murdered by UNLA troops near the town; the soldiers dumped their corpses along the Kampala–Hoima Road.Template:Sfn In late 1982, a National Resistance Army contingent under Salim Saleh raided Kakiri.Template:Sfn
Location
Kakiri is approximately Script error: No such module "convert"., by road, northwest of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The town is located on the Kampala–Hoima Road, connecting Kampala to Uganda's oil capital of Hoima".[4] The coordinates of Kakiri are 0°25'12.0"N, 32°23'24.0"E (Latitude:0.4200; Longitude:32.3900).[5]
Population
In 2002, the national population census put the population of the town at about 4,200. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 5,800. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 6,000 inhabitants.[6] In 2014, the national population census put the population at 19,449.[7]
In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Kakiri at 20,300. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 28,100. Of these, 14,400 (51.2 percent) were females and 13,700 (48.8 percent were females). UBOS calculated that the population growth rate between 2015 and 2020, averaged 6.7 percent annually.[8]
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Points of interest
The following additional points of interest lie in Kakiri or near the town limits:[5] (a) The offices of Kakiri Town Council (b) a branch of PostBank Uganda, a government-owned financial institution (c) Kakiri Central Market and (d) Kampala–Hoima Road passes through the middle of town in a northwest/southeast direction.[5]
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See also
References
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Works cited
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External links
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