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MAYUGE DISTRICTOriginally part of Iganga, Mayuge District was created in 2000, by elevating Bunya County previously part of Iganga District, to district status. Present day Iganga, Kamuli, Jinja and Mayuge district constitutes Busoga district at Independence in 1962. LocationIt boarders Bugiri in the east, Mukono and Jinja in the west, Iganga in the north and Tanzania in the South. PopulationThe district has over 326,567 people, 167,087 of which are female and 159,480 are male. Economic activitiesThere Agriculture with main emphasis on food crops such as millet, potatoes, beans, Simsim and sunflower. Cash crops like cotton and coffee. There fruits and vegetables like Tomatoes, vegetables, passion fruits and Onions. There is fishing on Lake Victoria and Cattle keeping. Education ServicesThe district has a total of 351 primary schools with 93 government, 23 private and 25 community schools. For secondary schools, the district has over 20 schools, 2 are government, 13 private and 5 community. Health servicesThe district has 16 Government dispensaries (II), 3 health centres (III) at county, 2 health centres (IV) at sub-district with no hospital. More so, it has 5 private/NGO dispensaries, 2 clinics and no health centre (III) and 1 hospital. There is Buluba hospital. Tourist AttractionsThere is Buluba village a place where Bishop Hannington, the first Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa was murdered. There is also fishing on Lake Victoria and Sagitu Islands.
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