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Rukungiri
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thumb|Long-toed Lapwing, Rukungiri, Uganda Rukungiri is a town in Rukungiri District of the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the district headquarters.

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Place details

Locality
Rukungiri
Region
Rukungiri
Country
Uganda
Population
37,200
Timezone
Africa/Kampala

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74US AQIModerate
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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Rukungiri
Settlement.pushpin_map
Uganda
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Uganda
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
25px Uganda
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Western Region of Uganda
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Kigezi sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Rukungiri District
Settlement.leader_title
Mayor
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2024 Census
Settlement.population_total
43529
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.elevation_m
1640

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Uganda
Elevation
1640
Time zone
UTC+03:00
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Overview
  • Population
  • Points of interest
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

thumb|Long-toed Lapwing, Rukungiri, Uganda Rukungiri is a town in Rukungiri District of the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the district headquarters.

==Geography== thumb|Road in Kisizi or Kisiizi, a community in the Rukungiri District of Uganda. Rukungiri is approximately north of Kabale, the largest city in the Kigezi sub-region. It is about , southwest of Mbarara, the largest city in the Western Region of Uganda.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rukungiri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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