Kitagwenda District


Kitagwenda District is a district in Western Uganda. The district is named after Kitagwenda County, which is coterminous with the district.
Kitagwenda District is part of the Kingdom of Toro, one of the ancient traditional monarchies in Uganda. The kingdom is coterminous with Toro sub-region, home to an estimated 1 million inhabitants in 2002, according to the national population and housing census conducted that year. The districts that constitute the sub-region are:
Bunyangabu District Kabarole District Kamwenge District Kyegegwa District Kyenjojo District and Kitagwenda District.

Location

Kitagwenda District is bordered by Kabarole District to the northwest and north, Kamwenge District to the northeast, Ibanda District to the east and southeast, Rubirizi District to the southwest and Kasese District to the west.
Ntara, the district headquarters lies approximately, by road, south of Fort Portal, the largest city in Toro sub-region. This is, by road, west of Uganda's capital city, Kampala. The coordinates of Kitagwenda District are: 0°01'43.0"S, 30°20'10.0"E.

Overview

The district was created in 2019 by Act of Parliament. Prior to then, it was part of Kamwenge District. The district is coterminous with Kitagwenda County, after which it is named. It is predominantly a rural district with some of the worst poverty levels in the country. The district does not have a hospital.
Kitagwenda is made up of one county, two town councils and five sub-counties. The town councils are 1. Ntara and 2. Kabujogera. The sub-counties are Nyabbani, Ntara, Kanara, Kicheche and Mahyoro.
There are numerous aquatic systems in the district including:
The 2011, the population of Kitagwenda County was estimated at about 129,600 inhabitants. The national population census and household survey held on 27 August 2014, enumerated the population of Kitagwenda at 165,354 people.