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{{about|the town in Uganda|the district|Nakaseke District}}
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'''Nakaseke''' is a town in [[Nakaseke District]] in the [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Region]] of [[Uganda]]. It is the main municipal and commercial center of the district. However, the political and administrative capital in the district is [[Butalangu]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=1 August 2017 |location=Kampala |date=28 June 2006  |first=and Andrew Bagala|  url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200606270868.html| title=Uganda: Nakaseke Headquarters to Be in Butalangu, Otafiire Rules |newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] via [[AllAfrica.com]] | last=Jane Nafula}}</ref>
==Location==
Nakaseke is approximately {{convert|66|km|0}} northwest of [[Kampala]], Uganda's capital and largest city.<ref>{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Nakaseke+Hospital,+Kyangato/@0.5148766,32.2483913,10z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c5f1faf441e87:0x1ece213498af3b3!2m2!1d32.3990032!2d0.7179502!3e0 |title= Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Nakaseke Hospital, Nakaseke, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> The road from Kampala to [[Wobulenzi]], a distance of about {{convert|47|km}},<ref>{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Wobulenzi/@0.5300612,32.4083503,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177c5cb6a658d119:0x2976d95c448d4a6!2m2!1d32.531617!2d0.7193581!3e0 |title=Distance Between Kampala, Uganda and Wobulenzi, Central Region, Uganda |access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref> is all-weather [[Asphalt concrete|tarmac]], with the last {{convert|19|km|0}} to Nakaseke on a gravel-dirt road. The coordinates of the town are 0°43'48.0"N, 32°24'54.0"E (Latitude:0.7300; Longitude:32.4150).<ref>{{google maps|title=Location of Nakaseke Town, Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B043'48.0%22N+32%C2%B024'54.0%22E/@0.7306002,32.42123,2220m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.73!4d32.415 |access-date=18 January 2021}}</ref> Nakaseke Town sits at an average elevation of {{convert|1276|m}} above [[mean sea level]].<ref>{{cite web| date=18 January 2021 | url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/UG/D9/Nakaseke.html | title=Elevation of Nakaseke Town, Central Region, Uganda | publisher=Fallingrain.com |access-date=18 January 2021 | author=Fallingrain}}</ref>
==Overview==
Nakaseke Town Council was carved out of Nakaseke sub-county and was demarcated in 2010. The town, in its early years, faces challenges related to physical planning.<ref>{{cite web|
url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/nakaseke-tc-struggle-to-reorganize-without-approved-physical-plan |title=Nakaseke Town Council Operates Without Physical Plan |publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] |date=21 February 2017 |author=Brian Luwaga |
access-date=1 August 2017 |location=Kampala}}</ref>
Most of the people in Nakaseke are [[Baganda]], the largest ethnic group in the Central Region. An estimated 59.2 percent of the Nakaseke community is literate, which is largely limited to the [[Luganda]] language. A Primary Teachers' Training College has been built in Nakaseke. [[Nakaseke Hospital]], a 120-bed public hospital owned by the [[Uganda Ministry of Health]], is in Nakaseke town. The hospital is administered by the [[Nakaseke District|Nakaseke District Local Government]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/newly-renovated-nakaseke-hospital-struggle-with-operational-costs |title=Nakaseke Hospital Grapples with Increased Operational Costs |date=5 November 2015 |publisher=[[Uganda Radio Network]] | author=Brian Luwaga |access-date=1 August 2017 | location=Kampala}}</ref> The hospital is connected to other health units by a radio. The government of Uganda plans to build an industrial park in Nakaseke.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nelson Wesonga and Dan Wandera |
url=https://www.ugandanewsreleases.com/%EF%BB%BFnakaseke-to-be-turned-into-industrial-town-museveni/ |title=Nakaseke to be turned into industrial town- Museveni |publisher=Uganda News Releases Quoting [[Daily Monitor]] |date=10 November 2015 |
access-date=18 January 2021 |location=Kampala}}</ref>
==Population==
During the national census and household survey of 27 and 28 August 2014, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), enumerated the population of Nakaseke at 7,238 people.<ref>{{cite web |
url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf |title=National Population and Housing Census 2014: Provisional Results: Appendix 3 - Households and Population by Subcounty/Town Council/Urban Division and Sex, 2014 |
publisher=[[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]] |date=November 2014 | author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=18 January 2021 | location=Kampala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110115940/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/NPHC/NPHC%202014%20PROVISIONAL%20RESULTS%20REPORT.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-10 |format=Archived from the original on 10 January 2017}}</ref>
In 2015, UBOS estimated the population of Nakaseke Town at 7,400. In 2020, the population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 8,600. UBOS calculated the rate of population growth of Nakaseke Town to average 3.05 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020.<ref name="Pop">{{cite web| title=Estimated Population of Nakaseke Town |publisher=Citypopulation.de | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/069__nakaseke/ |date=14 June 2020 |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | access-date=18 January 2021 |format=Citypopulation.de Quoting [[Uganda Bureau of Statistics]]}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns in Uganda]]
* [[Luweero triangle|Luweero Triangle]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tageo.com/index-e-ug-v-70-d-m2428311.htm Google Map of Nakaseke with coordinates]
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