Tuesday, October 25, 2011

KAMWENGE DISTRICT

KAMWENGE DISTRICT


Kamwenge District is a district in Western Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kamwenge, where the district headquarters are located. Kamwenge 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:
Kamwenge District is bordered by Kyenjojo Districtto the north, Kyegegwa District and Kiruhura Districtto the northeast, Ibanda District to the east and southeast, Rubirizi District to the southwest,Kasese District to the west and Kabarole District to the northwest. Kamwenge, the district headquarters lies approximately 300 kilometres (190 mi), by road, west of Uganda's capital, Kampala. The coordinates of the district are:00 11N, 30 27E.
The district covers an area of approximately 2,304 square kilometres (890 sq mi). Of this, 64.1 square kilometres (24.7 sq mi) (2.6%) is covered by open water. It is predominantly a rural district with some of the worst poverty levels in the country. The district does not have a hospital.

Kamwenge is made up of two (2) counties and one (1) Municipal Council:
The district is endowed with numerous wetlands, tropical forests in the Kashoha/Kitomi region, andKibaale National Park, which it shares with Kibale District and Kyenjojo District. In Bwizi subcounty, there are pockets of highland tropical forest on the mountain ranges. There are numerous aquatic systems in the district including:

Bigodi Sec. School Kamwenge
P.O.Box 700 Kamwenge
Tel: 0782362982
Partnership Aided Mixed Day, USE School

Buryansungwe Sec.Sch.
P.O.Box 185 Kamwenge
Tel: 0772887684
Private Aided Mixed, Partlly Boarding Non USE School

Kamuga Parents Sec School
P.O.Box   1416 Kamwenge
Tel: 0772593710
Private Aided Mixed Partly Boarding Non USE School

Kamwenge Modern School
P.O.Box 1440 Kamwenge
Tel: 077672992
Private Aided Mixed Non USE School

Kamwenge Secondary School
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 0772591659
Governmentaided, USE School Day

Kichwamba Secondary School
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 0753947348
Governmentaided Mixed Day, USE School


Kitagwenda  HIGH SCHOOL 
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel:
Government Aided Mixed Day, Non USE School

Kyabenda  Secondary School
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 0772904048
Government Aided Day, USE School

Mahyoro  Secondary School
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 0772984375
Government Aided Mixed Day, USE School

Micindo Mistel Bach Millenium
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 0782715780
Partnership Aided Mixed Day, USE School

Nyabbani  Secondary School 
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 077238362
Government Aided Mixed Day, USE School

Rugalama Secondary School
P.O.Box 1307 Kamwenge
Tel: 0782255925
Private Aided Mixed Day, Non USE School

Rukunyu Secondary School
P.O.Box 1441 Kamwenge
Tel: 078853240
Private Aided Mixed Day, Non USE School

Rwamwanja Secondary School
P.O.Box   Kamwenge
Tel: 0772528883
Government Aided Mixed Day, USE School

St. Thomas Aquinas College
P.O.Box 1402 Kamwenge
Tel: 0752551909
Private Aided Mixed Day, Non USE School 

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