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'''Kyankwanzi District''' is the westernmost [[Districts of Uganda|district]] in the [[Central Region, Uganda|Central Region]] of [[Uganda]] and [[Buganda Kingdom]], bordering [[Bunyoro]]. The district headquarters are in Butemba Town.

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'''Kyankwanzi District''' is the northernmost [[Districts of Uganda|district]] in the [[Central Region, Uganda|Buganda Region]] of [[Uganda]] and [[Buganda Kingdom]], bordering [[Bunyoro]]. The district headquarters are in Butemba Town.


==Geography==
==Geography==
The Kyankwanzi District borders with [[Nakaseke District]] to the east across the [[Mayanja River]], [[Kiboga District]] to the south-east, [[Mubende District|Mubende]] and [[Kibaale District|Kibaale]] Districts to the south-west across the [[Lugogo River]], and [[Hoima District|Hoima]] and [[Masindi District|Masindi]] Districts to the north across the [[River Kafu]]. The district headquarters in Butemba Town on the Bukwiri-Kyankwanzi Road are approximately {{convert|160|km|mi}} by road from [[Kampala]], the nation's capital.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Kyankwanzi%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=1.2&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=31.8166667 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Kyankwanzi With Map | publisher=Globefeed.com | access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref> The coordinates of the district headquarters are 1.143N, 31.602E.{{cn}}
The Kyankwanzi District borders [[Nakaseke District]] to the east across the [[Mayanja River]], [[Kiboga District]] to the south-east, [[Mubende District]] and [[Kibaale District]] to the south-west across the [[Lugogo River]], and [[Hoima District|Hoima]] and [[Masindi District|Masindi]] districts to the north across the [[River Kafu]]. The district headquarters in Butemba Town on the Bukwiri-Kyankwanzi Road are approximately {{convert|160|km|mi}} by road from [[Kampala]], the nation's capital.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Kyankwanzi%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=1.2&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=31.8166667 | title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Kyankwanzi With Map | publisher=Globefeed.com | access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref>


The district area is full of lush green forests and prairies with minor elevation differences as it is the plateau behind the western fork of the [[East African Rift]] running across the Hoima District.{{cn}} The altitude is roughly 1,000–1,200 meters above sea level.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview {{!}} Kyankwanzi District Local Government|url=https://kyankwanzi.go.ug/lg/overview|access-date=2021-05-19|website=kyankwanzi.go.ug}}</ref>
The district has lush green forests and prairies with only minor elevation differences as it is the plateau behind the western fork of the [[East African Rift]] running across the Hoima District.<ref name=":1" /> The altitude is roughly 1,000–1,200 meters above sea level.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Overview {{!}} Kyankwanzi District Local Government|url=https://kyankwanzi.go.ug/lg/overview|access-date=2021-05-19|website=kyankwanzi.go.ug}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Kyankwanzi District was carved out of [[Kiboga District]] by the act of Parliament in July 2010, with eight sub-counties in Kiboga North County.<ref name="kyankwanzi.go.ug">{{Cite web|title=Location & Size {{!}} Kyankwanzi District Local Government|url=https://kyankwanzi.go.ug/lg/location-size|access-date=2021-05-19|website=kyankwanzi.go.ug}}</ref> Prior to the creation, district services operated from [[Kiboga|Kiboga Town]],<ref>{{cite web
Kyankwanzi District was carved out of [[Kiboga District]] by Act of Parliament in July 2010, with eight sub-counties in Kiboga North County.<ref name="kyankwanzi.go.ug">{{Cite web|title=Location & Size {{!}} Kyankwanzi District Local Government|url=https://kyankwanzi.go.ug/lg/location-size|access-date=2021-05-19|website=kyankwanzi.go.ug}}</ref> Prior to the creation, district services operated from [[Kiboga|Kiboga Town]],<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200809030239.html | title=Uganda: Kiboga Council Okays Creation of Kyankwanzi District | last=Muzaale | date=3 September 2008 | first=Fred | access-date=15 May 2014 | publisher=[[Daily Monitor]] via [[AllAfrica.com]]}}</ref> approximately {{convert|35|km|mi}} from Butemba.<ref name="kyankwanzi.go.ug"/> Further back in the past, Kyankwanzi District was in the Mubende region.<ref>{{Cite web|title=was Kyankwanzi initially in mubende - Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=+was+Kyankwanzi+initially+in+mubende&sclient=gws-wiz|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.google.com}}</ref> The reasons given for forming the district, included the long distances that residents had to travel to access district services at [[Kiboga]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Distance between Kiboga (Kiboga) and Kyankwanzi (Western Province) (Uganda)|url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kiboga%20(Kiboga)&toplace=Kyankwanzi%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.9161111&tolat=1.2&fromlng=31.7741667&tolng=31.8166667|access-date=2021-05-19|website=distancecalculator.globefeed.com}}</ref>
| url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200809030239.html | title=Uganda: Kiboga Council Okays Creation of Kyankwanzi District | last=Muzaale | date=3 September 2008 | first=Fred | access-date=15 May 2014 | publisher=[[Daily Monitor]] via [[AllAfrica.com]]}}</ref> approximately {{convert|35|km|mi}} from Butemba.<ref name="kyankwanzi.go.ug"/> Further in the past, Kyankwanzi District was carved out of [[Kiboga District|Kiboga]] District.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Overview {{!}} Kyankwanzi District Local Government|url=https://kyankwanzi.go.ug/lg/overview|access-date=2022-02-14|website=kyankwanzi.go.ug}}</ref> The reasons given for forming the district included the long distances that residents had to travel to access district services at Kiboga.<ref name=":0" />


The district name derives from [[Kyankwanzi|Kyankwanzi Town]], 20&nbsp;km farther away from Kampala-Hoima Road, as the region is historically associated with the [[National Resistance Movement]] (NRM), which started the [[Ugandan Bush War]] of 1981-86 from cattle-herding Kyankwanzi under the direction of [[President Museveni]].{{cn}} Up to this day, Kyankwanzi serves as the strong foothold of the NRM and hosts the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi Town that provides training to all serving military troops and public servants of Uganda.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Leadership Institute {{!}} (NALI) - Kyankwanzi|url=https://www.nali.go.ug/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.nali.go.ug}}</ref> Meanwhile, Butemba was chosen as the district seat for accessibility and land availability reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Encyclopedia|title=World Heritage Encyclopedia|url=http://www/article/WHEBN0030061543/Kyankwanzi%20District|url-status=live|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.worldheritage.org|language=en}}</ref>{{cn}}
The district name derives from [[Kyankwanzi|Kyankwanzi Town]], 20&nbsp;km farther away from Kampala-Hoima Road, as the region is historically associated with the [[National Resistance Movement]] (NRM), which started the [[Ugandan Bush War]] of 1981-86 from cattle-herding Kyankwanzi under the direction of [[President Museveni]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ofcansky|first=Thomas P.|date=1999-07-01|title=Musevenis War and the Ugandan Conflict|url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/JCS/article/view/4386|journal=Journal of Conflict Studies|language=en|issn=1715-5673}}</ref> Up to this day, Kyankwanzi serves as the strong foothold of the NRM and hosts the National Leadership Institute that provides training to serving military troops and public servants of Uganda.<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Leadership Institute {{!}} (NALI) – Kyankwanzi|url=https://www.nali.go.ug/|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.nali.go.ug}}</ref> Meanwhile, Butemba was chosen as the district seat for accessibility and land availability reasons.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kyankwanzi District Local Government|url=https://kyankwanzi.go.ug/|access-date=2022-02-12|website=kyankwanzi.go.ug}}</ref>


==Administrative units==
==Administrative units==


The district has only one county, [[Kiboga West County]].<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/uug.html Districts of Uganda, ''Statoids'', accessed 3 August 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yug.html Counties of Uganda, ''Statoids'', accessed 3 August 2015]</ref>
The district has only one county, Kiboga West County.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/uug.html Districts of Uganda, ''Statoids'', accessed 3 August 2015]</ref><ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yug.html Counties of Uganda, ''Statoids'', accessed 3 August 2015]</ref>


Culturally, Kyankwanzi is the northwestern frontier of the Buganda Kingdom, overseen from the Ssingo county seat of [[Mityana]]. Once belonging to [[Bunyoro]], as Rugonjwa Sub-county, Nsambya Sub-county in the northwest was won by the Buganda Kingdom in the battles in the 1890s under Kabaka [[Mwanga II]]'s rule.<ref>{{cite web | title=Amasaza ga Buganda | publisher=Mukasa E. Ssemakula | access-date=26 August 2014 | url=http://www.buganda.com/masaza.htm}}</ref>
Culturally, Kyankwanzi is the northwestern frontier of the Buganda Kingdom, overseen from the Ssingo county seat of [[Mityana]]. Once belonging to [[Bunyoro]], as Rugonjwa Sub-county, Nsambya Sub-county in the northwest was won by the Buganda Kingdom in the battles in the 1890s under Kabaka [[Mwanga II]]'s rule.<ref>{{cite web | title=Amasaza ga Buganda | publisher=Mukasa E. Ssemakula | access-date=26 August 2014 | url=http://www.buganda.com/masaza.htm}}</ref>
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In 1991, the national population census estimated the district population at 43,500. The next national census in 2002 estimated the population at 120,600. In 2012, the population was estimated at 182,900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uganda-admin.php?adm2id=093 | title=Estimated Population of Kyankwanzi District In 1991, 2002 & 2012 | publisher=Citypopulation.de | access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref>
In 1991, the national population census estimated the district population at 43,500. The next national census in 2002 estimated the population at 120,600. In 2012, the population was estimated at 182,900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uganda-admin.php?adm2id=093 | title=Estimated Population of Kyankwanzi District In 1991, 2002 & 2012 | publisher=Citypopulation.de | access-date=15 May 2014}}</ref>


In 2009, Kyankwanzi Sub-county, then under the [[Kiboga District]], was recorded as the poorest administrative area in the Central Region, with 38 percent of the population living on less than US$1.00 a day.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Study Names Poorest Ugandans | publisher=[[New Vision]] | date=3 February 2009 | access-date=15 May 2014 | first=and Francis Kagolo | last=Anthony Bugembe | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/670249 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002000143/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/670249 | archive-date=2 October 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mallick|first=Lindsay|date=2019|title=Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys from 2011 and 2016 to assess changes in Saving Mothers, Giving Life intervention district|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332796410|journal=Journal of Global Health Report|pages=1–13}}</ref>
In 2009, Kyankwanzi Sub-county, then under the Kiboga District, was recorded as the poorest administrative area in the Central Region, with 38 percent of the population living on less than US$1.00 a day.<ref>{{cite web | title=New Study Names Poorest Ugandans | publisher=[[New Vision]] | date=3 February 2009 | access-date=15 May 2014 | first=and Francis Kagolo | last=Anthony Bugembe | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/670249 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002000143/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/670249 | archive-date=2 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mallick|first=Lindsay|date=2019|title=Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys from 2011 and 2016 to assess changes in Saving Mothers, Giving Life intervention district|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332796410|journal=Journal of Global Health Report|pages=1–13}}</ref>


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Kiboga and Kyankwanzi are popular destinations for rural-to-rural migration in Uganda. The government publicly announced in the 1990s the vast land resources to attract farmers from around the country. It is now inhabited by the [[Soga people|Soga]] and [[Masaba people|Masaba]] peoples in the east, and the [[Kiga people|Kiga]] and Fumbira peoples from [[Kigezi]] in the southwest, as well as indigenous [[Baganda]], [[Banyoro]], and the cattle-keeping [[Ankole people]]/[[Banyarwanda|Rwandans]] with a hint of Congolese refugees. Almost all residents are at least bilingual.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kyankwanzi - Uganda {{!}} Data and Statistics - knoema.com|url=https://knoema.com//atlas/Uganda/Kyankwanzi|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Knoema|language=en-US}}</ref>
Kiboga and Kyankwanzi are popular destinations for rural-to-rural migration in Uganda. The government announced in the 1990s availability of land resources to attract farmers from around the country. It is now inhabited by the [[Soga people|Soga]] and [[Masaba people|Masaba]] peoples in the east, and the [[Kiga people|Kiga]] and Fumbira peoples from [[Kigezi]] in the southwest, as well as indigenous [[Baganda]], [[Banyoro]], and the cattle-keeping [[Ankole people]]/[[Banyarwanda|Rwandans]] with some Congolese refugees. Almost all residents are at least bilingual.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kyankwanzi – Uganda {{!}} Data and Statistics – knoema.com|url=https://knoema.com//atlas/Uganda/Kyankwanzi|access-date=2021-05-20|website=Knoema|language=en-US}}</ref>


==Economic activities==
==Economic activities==
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Because the Kyankwanzi District is located along the cattle corridor that crosses the country from south-west to north-east, many residents are of [[Banyankole]]/[[Banyarwanda]] origin who pasture [[Ankole-Watusi|Ankole cattle]] in the vast woodland. Cattle-keeping is mostly concentrated on Kapeke, Kyankwanzi, Nsambya Sub-county areas. In these areas, weekly or bi-monthly cattle markets are set up in major trading centres.
Because the Kyankwanzi District is located along the cattle corridor that crosses the country from south-west to north-east, many residents are of [[Banyankole]]/[[Banyarwanda]] origin who pasture [[Ankole-Watusi|Ankole cattle]] in the vast woodland. Cattle-keeping is mostly concentrated on Kapeke, Kyankwanzi, Nsambya Sub-county areas. In these areas, weekly or bi-monthly cattle markets are set up in major trading centers.<ref name=":1" />


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Crop husbandry is most productive and vibrant in the Nsambya Sub-country area for its maize, beans, rice produce, as well as tobacco leaves. Nsambya crop produce is marketed to a regional town of [[Hoima]] and the capital [[Kampala]], where traders from urban areas and as far as in South Sudan and Kenya make purchase. Food crops, both for cash and subsistence purposes, include the following:
Crop husbandry is most prominent in the Nsambya Sub-country area with maize, beans, and rice produced, as well as tobacco leaves. Nsambya crop produce is marketed in the regional town of [[Hoima]] and the capital [[Kampala]], where traders from urban areas and as far as in South Sudan and Kenya make purchases. Food crops, both for cash and subsistence purposes, include the following:


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Utilizing the rich nature, Kyankwanzi is also known as a producer of forest products, namely, [[lumber|timber]] and [[charcoal]], both of which are the country's tax revenue sources.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mulumba|first=Moses|date=2018|title=Using Health Committees to Promote Community Participation as a Social Determinant of the Right to Health: Lessons from Uganda and South Africa|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26542056.pdf?ab_segments=0%2FSYC-5878%2Fafter10&refreqid=fastly-default%3A65b6395e8950706cfa1bc2a8967e0925|journal=Health and Human Rights Journal|volume=20| issue = 2|pages=11–18|jstor=26542056}}</ref>
Utilizing the rich soil, the Kyankwanzi area is also known as a producer of forest products, namely, [[lumber|timber]] and [[charcoal]], both of which are tax revenue sources.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mulumba|first=Moses|date=2018|title=Using Health Committees to Promote Community Participation as a Social Determinant of the Right to Health: Lessons from Uganda and South Africa|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/26542056.pdf|journal=Health and Human Rights|volume=20| issue = 2|pages=11–18|jstor=26542056|pmid=30568398 |pmc=6293345 }}</ref>


The German company Global Woods AG has obtained a 50-year tree farming licence from the National Forestry Authority for an area of 12,186 hectares on Ugandan state land in the Kikonda Forest Reserve. Global Woods plans to plant monocultures mainly of [[pine]] (Pinus caribaea, Pinus oocarpa) and [[eucalyptus]] (Eucalyptus grandis) trees on 8,000 hectares for later logging and to reserve the rest "for conservation".<ref name="GlobalWoods_timber">{{cite web | url= http://www.uganda.global-woods.com/3.html | title=timber - global-woods Uganda | work=uganda.global-woods.com | date=17 July 2016 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Local farmers were driven from the land, ending the traditional practice of grazing cattle in the woods and making charcoal for cooking and the market.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/uganda-waldprojekt-raubt-bauern-lebensraum-a-1065963.html | title= Umstrittene Aufforstung in Uganda Bäume pflanzen, Bauern verdrängen | language=de |trans-title=Controversial Afforestation in Uganda - Planting Trees, Driving out Farmers | first=Susanne | last=Götze | date=2015-12-09 | work=[[Der Spiegel|Spiegel Online]] | publisher=SpiegelNet GmbH | location=[[Hamburg, Germany|Hamburg]] | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.redd-monitor.org/2016/01/08/global-woods-plantations-in-uganda-trees-versus-food | title=Global Woods' plantations in Uganda: Trees versus food | first=Chris | last=Lang | date=2016-01-08 | work=redd-monitor.org | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Global Woods sells [[carbon credits]], which allow the purchaser to emit more [[greenhouse gas]]es than the limit agreed in the [[Kyoto Protocol]] and later international climate conferences.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=95129855 | title=Company Overview of global-woods international AG | work=bloomberg.com | date=2016 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/die-agentur/unterstuetzer/unsere-unterstuetzer/global-woods-ag | title=Unterstützer Unternehmen: global-woods AG - Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien | language=de |trans-title=Supporters - Companies - Global Woods AG - Agency for Renewable Energies | author=global-woods AG | work=unendlich-viel-energie.de | year=2016 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Carbon certificates are also the subject of a speculative financial market.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allan|first=Nadiope|date=2018|title=The influence of diameter on resin yield from pinus caribaea at Kikonda forest reserve Kyankwanzi district|url=http://196.43.133.120/bitstream/handle/20.500.12281/5150/Nadipe-CAES-Bachelors.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|journal=Thesis|pages=1–42}}</ref>
The German company Global Woods AG has obtained a 50-year tree farming license from the National Forestry Authority for an area of 12,186 hectares on Ugandan state land in the Kikonda Forest Reserve. Global Woods plans to plant monocultures mainly of [[pine]] (Pinus caribaea, Pinus oocarpa) and [[eucalyptus]] (Eucalyptus grandis) trees on 8,000 hectares for later logging and to reserve the rest "for conservation".<ref name="GlobalWoods_timber">{{cite web | url= http://www.uganda.global-woods.com/3.html | title=timber – global-woods Uganda | work=uganda.global-woods.com | date=17 July 2016 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Local farmers were driven from the land, ending the traditional practice of grazing cattle in the woods and making charcoal for cooking and the market.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/uganda-waldprojekt-raubt-bauern-lebensraum-a-1065963.html | title= Umstrittene Aufforstung in Uganda Bäume pflanzen, Bauern verdrängen | language=de |trans-title=Controversial Afforestation in Uganda – Planting Trees, Driving out Farmers | first=Susanne | last=Götze | date=2015-12-09 | work=[[Der Spiegel|Spiegel Online]] | publisher=SpiegelNet GmbH | location=[[Hamburg]] | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.redd-monitor.org/2016/01/08/global-woods-plantations-in-uganda-trees-versus-food | title=Global Woods' plantations in Uganda: Trees versus food | first=Chris | last=Lang | date=2016-01-08 | work=redd-monitor.org | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Global Woods sells [[carbon credits]], which allow the purchaser to emit more [[greenhouse gas]]es than the limit agreed in the [[Kyoto Protocol]] and later international climate conferences.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=95129855 | title=Company Overview of global-woods international AG | work=bloomberg.com | date=2016 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/die-agentur/unterstuetzer/unsere-unterstuetzer/global-woods-ag | title=Unterstützer Unternehmen: global-woods AG – Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien | language=de |trans-title=Supporters – Companies – Global Woods AG – Agency for Renewable Energies | author=global-woods AG | work=unendlich-viel-energie.de | year=2016 | access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref> Carbon certificates are also the subject of a speculative financial market.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Allan|first=Nadiope|date=2018|title=The influence of diameter on resin yield from pinus caribaea at Kikonda forest reserve Kyankwanzi district|url=http://196.43.133.120/bitstream/handle/20.500.12281/5150/Nadipe-CAES-Bachelors.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|journal=Thesis|pages=1–42}}</ref>


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Public transport to Kyankwanzi District is chiefly supported by long-distance bus services that connect Kampala with the Bunyoro capital of Hoima. Taxis, both in wagons and sedans, connect major trading centres such as Bukwiri, Ntwetwe, Kyenda, Ntunda, and Kikonda with [[Kiboga|Kiboga Town]]. [[Kyankwanzi|Kyankwanzi Town]] is served by taxis from Bukwiri and Bukomero, beside the training participants at the National Leadership Institute who have direct shuttle services from Kampala.
Public transport to Kyankwanzi District is chiefly made up of long-distance bus services which connect Kampala with the Bunyoro capital of Hoima. Taxis, both in wagons and sedans, connect major trading centres such as Bukwiri, Ntwetwe, Kyenda, Ntunda, and Kikonda with Kiboga. Kyankwanzi is served by taxis from Bukwiri and Bukomero, beside the training participants at the National Leadership Institute who have direct shuttle services from Kampala.


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Kyankwanzi District
District
District location in Uganda
District location in Uganda
Coordinates: 01°12′N 31°48′E / 1.200°N 31.800°E / 1.200; 31.800
CountryUganda
RegionCentral Region
CapitalKyankwanzi
Area
 • Land2,455.3 km2 (948.0 sq mi)
Elevation
1,200 m (3,900 ft)
Population
 (2012 estimate)
 • Total
182,900
 • Density74.5/km2 (193/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+3 (EAT)
Websitewww.kyankwanzi.go.ug

Kyankwanzi District is the westernmost district in the Central Region of Uganda and Buganda Kingdom, bordering Bunyoro. The district headquarters are in Butemba Town.

Geography

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The Kyankwanzi District borders Nakaseke District to the east across the Mayanja River, Kiboga District to the south-east, Mubende District and Kibaale District to the south-west across the Lugogo River, and Hoima and Masindi districts to the north across the River Kafu. The district headquarters in Butemba Town on the Bukwiri-Kyankwanzi Road are approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) by road from Kampala, the nation's capital.[1]

The district has lush green forests and prairies with only minor elevation differences as it is the plateau behind the western fork of the East African Rift running across the Hoima District.[2] The altitude is roughly 1,000–1,200 meters above sea level.[2]

History

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Kyankwanzi District was carved out of Kiboga District by Act of Parliament in July 2010, with eight sub-counties in Kiboga North County.[3] Prior to the creation, district services operated from Kiboga Town,[4] approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Butemba.[3] Further in the past, Kyankwanzi District was carved out of Kiboga District.[5] The reasons given for forming the district included the long distances that residents had to travel to access district services at Kiboga.[5]

The district name derives from Kyankwanzi Town, 20 km farther away from Kampala-Hoima Road, as the region is historically associated with the National Resistance Movement (NRM), which started the Ugandan Bush War of 1981-86 from cattle-herding Kyankwanzi under the direction of President Museveni.[6] Up to this day, Kyankwanzi serves as the strong foothold of the NRM and hosts the National Leadership Institute that provides training to serving military troops and public servants of Uganda.[7] Meanwhile, Butemba was chosen as the district seat for accessibility and land availability reasons.[8]

Administrative units

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The district has only one county, Kiboga West County.[9][10]

Culturally, Kyankwanzi is the northwestern frontier of the Buganda Kingdom, overseen from the Ssingo county seat of Mityana. Once belonging to Bunyoro, as Rugonjwa Sub-county, Nsambya Sub-county in the northwest was won by the Buganda Kingdom in the battles in the 1890s under Kabaka Mwanga II's rule.[11]

Demographics

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In 1991, the national population census estimated the district population at 43,500. The next national census in 2002 estimated the population at 120,600. In 2012, the population was estimated at 182,900.[12]

In 2009, Kyankwanzi Sub-county, then under the Kiboga District, was recorded as the poorest administrative area in the Central Region, with 38 percent of the population living on less than US$1.00 a day.[13][14]

Kiboga and Kyankwanzi are popular destinations for rural-to-rural migration in Uganda. The government announced in the 1990s availability of land resources to attract farmers from around the country. It is now inhabited by the Soga and Masaba peoples in the east, and the Kiga and Fumbira peoples from Kigezi in the southwest, as well as indigenous Baganda, Banyoro, and the cattle-keeping Ankole people/Rwandans with some Congolese refugees. Almost all residents are at least bilingual.[15]

Economic activities

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Crop husbandry, livestock keeping, logging/charcoal-making are the three major economic activities in the district.[citation needed][16][17]

Because the Kyankwanzi District is located along the cattle corridor that crosses the country from south-west to north-east, many residents are of Banyankole/Banyarwanda origin who pasture Ankole cattle in the vast woodland. Cattle-keeping is mostly concentrated on Kapeke, Kyankwanzi, Nsambya Sub-county areas. In these areas, weekly or bi-monthly cattle markets are set up in major trading centers.[2]

Crop husbandry is most prominent in the Nsambya Sub-country area with maize, beans, and rice produced, as well as tobacco leaves. Nsambya crop produce is marketed in the regional town of Hoima and the capital Kampala, where traders from urban areas and as far as in South Sudan and Kenya make purchases. Food crops, both for cash and subsistence purposes, include the following:

Utilizing the rich soil, the Kyankwanzi area is also known as a producer of forest products, namely, timber and charcoal, both of which are tax revenue sources.[18]

The German company Global Woods AG has obtained a 50-year tree farming license from the National Forestry Authority for an area of 12,186 hectares on Ugandan state land in the Kikonda Forest Reserve. Global Woods plans to plant monocultures mainly of pine (Pinus caribaea, Pinus oocarpa) and eucalyptus (Eucalyptus grandis) trees on 8,000 hectares for later logging and to reserve the rest "for conservation".[19] Local farmers were driven from the land, ending the traditional practice of grazing cattle in the woods and making charcoal for cooking and the market.[20][21] Global Woods sells carbon credits, which allow the purchaser to emit more greenhouse gases than the limit agreed in the Kyoto Protocol and later international climate conferences.[22][23] Carbon certificates are also the subject of a speculative financial market.[24]

Public transport to Kyankwanzi District is chiefly made up of long-distance bus services which connect Kampala with the Bunyoro capital of Hoima. Taxis, both in wagons and sedans, connect major trading centres such as Bukwiri, Ntwetwe, Kyenda, Ntunda, and Kikonda with Kiboga. Kyankwanzi is served by taxis from Bukwiri and Bukomero, beside the training participants at the National Leadership Institute who have direct shuttle services from Kampala.

References

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  1. ^ "Road Distance Between Kampala And Kyankwanzi With Map". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Overview | Kyankwanzi District Local Government". kyankwanzi.go.ug. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Location & Size | Kyankwanzi District Local Government". kyankwanzi.go.ug. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ Muzaale, Fred (3 September 2008). "Uganda: Kiboga Council Okays Creation of Kyankwanzi District". Daily Monitor via AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Overview | Kyankwanzi District Local Government". kyankwanzi.go.ug. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ^ Ofcansky, Thomas P. (1 July 1999). "Musevenis War and the Ugandan Conflict". Journal of Conflict Studies. ISSN 1715-5673.
  7. ^ "National Leadership Institute | (NALI) – Kyankwanzi". www.nali.go.ug. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Kyankwanzi District Local Government". kyankwanzi.go.ug. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  9. ^ Districts of Uganda, Statoids, accessed 3 August 2015
  10. ^ Counties of Uganda, Statoids, accessed 3 August 2015
  11. ^ "Amasaza ga Buganda". Mukasa E. Ssemakula. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  12. ^ "Estimated Population of Kyankwanzi District In 1991, 2002 & 2012". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  13. ^ Anthony Bugembe, and Francis Kagolo (3 February 2009). "New Study Names Poorest Ugandans". New Vision. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  14. ^ Mallick, Lindsay (2019). "Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys from 2011 and 2016 to assess changes in Saving Mothers, Giving Life intervention district". Journal of Global Health Report: 1–13.
  15. ^ "Kyankwanzi – Uganda | Data and Statistics – knoema.com". Knoema. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  16. ^ Ali, Farasat; Khan, Babar; Khan, Garee; Abbas, Yawar; Hussain, Ejaz; Masud, Ambar; Akber, Karim; Karim, Rizwan (November 2015). "Hazard Vulnerability Risk Assessment of District Gilgit, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Modern Environmental Science and Engineering. 1 (5): 255–268. doi:10.15341/mese(2333-2581)/05.01.2015/007. ISSN 2333-2581.
  17. ^ Ggoobi, Ramathan (2017). "Economic development and industrial policy in Uganda" (PDF). Friendrich Ebert Stiftung: 1–43.
  18. ^ Mulumba, Moses (2018). "Using Health Committees to Promote Community Participation as a Social Determinant of the Right to Health: Lessons from Uganda and South Africa" (PDF). Health and Human Rights. 20 (2): 11–18. JSTOR 26542056. PMC 6293345. PMID 30568398.
  19. ^ "timber – global-woods Uganda". uganda.global-woods.com. 17 July 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  20. ^ Götze, Susanne (9 December 2015). "Umstrittene Aufforstung in Uganda Bäume pflanzen, Bauern verdrängen" [Controversial Afforestation in Uganda – Planting Trees, Driving out Farmers]. Spiegel Online (in German). Hamburg: SpiegelNet GmbH. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  21. ^ Lang, Chris (8 January 2016). "Global Woods' plantations in Uganda: Trees versus food". redd-monitor.org. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  22. ^ "Company Overview of global-woods international AG". bloomberg.com. 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  23. ^ global-woods AG (2016). "Unterstützer Unternehmen: global-woods AG – Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien" [Supporters – Companies – Global Woods AG – Agency for Renewable Energies]. unendlich-viel-energie.de (in German). Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  24. ^ Allan, Nadiope (2018). "The influence of diameter on resin yield from pinus caribaea at Kikonda forest reserve Kyankwanzi district" (PDF). Thesis: 1–42.
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