Mpigi


Mpigi is a town in Mawokota County, Mpigi District, in Central Uganda. Mpigi is the municipal, administrative and commercial headquarters of Mpigi District. The district is named after the town.

Location

Mpigi is an important transit town located approximately west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, on the highway to Masaka. The location of Mpigi town makes it an access point to Mpigi, Wakiso, Butambala, Gomba, Mityana, Kalungu and Kalangala districts, through various fishing landing sites on the shores of Lake Victoria. On Mbale Hill, which lies within the town, resides one of Buganda's most renowned traditional gods; Kibuuka Omumbaale. This hill is the ancestral home of the "Ndiga" clan.

Population

At the 2002 national census, the population of Mpigi town was 34,400. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, estimated the population of the town at 38,300. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population of Mpigi at 38,800. In 2014, the national population census put the population of Mpigi at 44,274.

Points of interest

The town is well known as the capital of the drum factories such as the ngoma drums. All drums here are handmade.