District Over View

Mayuge district became a district in December 2000 by an act of parliament. The district is located in the eastern region of Uganda. Originally it was made up of six sub counties and one town council with 68 parishes and 385 villages. However during the financial year 2008/2009 six new sub counties were curved from the existing ones and currently the district runs 13 LLGS.

The bulk of the district population is composed of Basoga but it also accommodates many other tribes in Uganda, the common language being lusoga, luganda and english on a small scale.

The district has limited urbanization of 2 per cent. Most of the urban centers are up-coming, with Mayuge town council, magamaga town board, bugadde trading centre being the most prominent.

Location

Mayuge is 120km from Kampala the capital city and 40km from jinja. Iganga borders it in the north, jinja in the west, bugiri in the east and Lake Victoria in the south, which is shared by mukono district, bugiri, mayuge itself and jinja.

Topography

Mayuge district is relatively flat with high ridges and isolated hills, adulating low lands and perch vents. The hills are linear and of a convex nature scope between 2% and 8% and almost flat valleys of scope less than 2%. The lowest point 1200m above sea level is in the south along and the highest 1500m above sea level is found in the north. The district has a long shoreline of Lake Victoria in the south embedded with six islands.

Vegetation

Mayuge district has various central forest reserves including south busoga, bukaleba, namafuma, and wabulungu. Mayuge district has approximately 400 wetlands observation points according to the wetland inventory report 2004.

Administrative units

The district comprises of 13 sub counties including the town council. The administrative units currently are baitambogwe, bukatube, wairasa, buwaya, malongo, mpungwe, imanyiro, bukabooli, jagusi, busakira, kityerera, kigandalo, and mayuge town council. These sub counties form 3 constituencies i.e.  Bunya east composed of kigandalo, buwaya, mpungwe and bukabooli sub counties; Bunya south composed of malongo, busakira, jagusi and kityerera sub counties while Bunya west is composed of imanyiro, bukatube, baitambogwe, mayuge town council and wairasa sub counties.