Mityana District is a district

Districts of Uganda

Uganda is divided into 111 districts and one city across four administrative regions. Most districts are named after their main commercial and administrative towns....

 in Central Uganda

Central Region, Uganda

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. The district was created in 2005, by taking the Mityana and Busujju counties from Mubende District

Mubende District

Mubende is a district in Central Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mubende. Mubende District was reduced in size in July 2005 with the creation of Mityana District.-Location:...

. Like most Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town' of Mityana

Mityana

Mityana is a town in Uganda's Central Region. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Mityana District and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town.-Location:...

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Location

Mityana District is bordered by Kiboga District

Kiboga District

Kiboga District is a district in Central Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, the district is named after its 'chief town', Kiboga, the location of the district headquarters.-Location:...

 to the north, Nakaseke District

Nakaseke District

Nakaseke District is a district in Central Uganda. It is named after Nakaseke, the largest town in the district and the location of the district headquarters.-Location:...

 to the northeast, Wakiso District

Wakiso District

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 to the east, Mpigi District

Mpigi District

Mpigi District is a district in Central Uganda. Like other most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mpigi.-Location:...

 to the southeast, Butambala District

Butambala District

Butambala District is a district in Central Uganda. It is one of the new districts in Uganda created in the 2000's.-Location:Butambala District is bordered by Gomba District to the west and northwest, Mityana District to the northeast, Mpigi District to the east and south and Kalungu District to...

 and Gomba District

Gomba District

Gomba District is a district in Central Uganda.-Location:Gomba District is bordered by Mubende District to the north, Mityana District to the northeast and Butambala District to the east. Kalungu District, Bukomansimbi District and Sembabule District lie to the south of Gomba District...

 to the south. Mubende District

Mubende District

Mubende is a district in Central Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mubende. Mubende District was reduced in size in July 2005 with the creation of Mityana District.-Location:...

 lies to the west of Mityana District. The district headquarters at Mityana

Mityana

Mityana is a town in Uganda's Central Region. It is the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Mityana District and the district headquarters are located there. The district is named after the town.-Location:...

, are located approximately 77 kilometres (47.8 mi), by road, west of Kampala

Kampala

Kampala is the largest city and capital of Uganda. The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division and Lubaga Division. The city is coterminous with Kampala District.-History: of Buganda, had chosen...

, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the district are:00 27N, 32 03E.

Population

During the 2002 national census, the district had a population of approximately 266,100. It is estimated that in 2010, the population of Mityana District was approximately 354,000. See table below:

{| style="font-size:100%;"
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| width="100%" align="center" | Mityana District Population Trends
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! style="width:2em;" |Year !!Estimated Population
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|2002||266,100
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|2003||275,800
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|2004||285,700
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|2005||296,100
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|2006||316,900
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|2007||318,000
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|2008||329,600
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|2009||341,600
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|2010||354,000
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|}

Economic Activity

Agriculture is the main income-earning activity in the district. Like Mubende District

Mubende District

Mubende is a district in Central Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Mubende. Mubende District was reduced in size in July 2005 with the creation of Mityana District.-Location:...

, from which Mityana District was split, the crops grown include:

• Sweet potato
  Sweet potato
  The sweet potato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting, tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. The young leaves and shoots are sometimes eaten as greens. Of the approximately 50 genera and more than 1,000 species of...
  
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• Beans
• Cassava
  Cassava
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• Maize
  Maize
  Maize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
  
  
• Bananas
• Groundnuts
• Onions
• Cabbage
  Cabbage
  Cabbage is a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea Linne of the Family Brassicaceae and is a leafy green vegetable...
  
  
• Tomatoes

Cash crops grown in the district include:

• Coffee
  Coffee
  Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
  
  
• Tea
  Tea
  Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
  
  

There are several large-scale tea estates in the district, including Namutamba Tea Estate, located at Namutamba, and Mwera Tea Estate, located at Mwera and a member of the Madhvani Group

Madhvani Group

The Madhvani Group of Companies commonly referred to as the Madhvani Group, is one of the largest conglomerates in Uganda, with a total asset base in excess of US$275 million, as of April 2009. The group has investments in Uganda, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, Tanzania, the Middle East, India and North...

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