Njeru is a town in Buikwe District , in the Central Region of Uganda . It is the largest town in the district. It is mainly a residential town. However, it hosts industries such as East African Packaging Solutions Limited, a manufacturer of paper packaging supplies, Nile Breweries Limited , a subsidiary of AB InBev and Nyanza Textile Industries Limited (Nytil), a textile manufacturer.
7-622: Njeru is located approximately 38 kilometres (24 mi) northeast of Buikwe , where the district headquarters are located. This location lies about 7.5 kilometres (5 mi) west of downtown Jinja . The town is located across the River Nile from the city of Jinja and is functionally a suburb of that city. The coordinate of Njeru Town Council are:0°25'52.0"N, 33°08'52.0"E (Latitude:0.431111; Longitude:33.147778). There are several industries and businesses located in Njeru that provide employment to
14-582: A significant number of people and contribute significantly to the economy of Uganda . Some of these include: 1. Nile Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of SAB Miller , based in South Africa and ultimately of AB InBev of Belgium 2. Nalubaale Power Station - Installed Capacity 180 MW, owned by the Ugandan government. Operated under concession by Eskom (Uganda), a subsidiary of Eskom 3. East African Packaging Solutions - A 50/50 joint venture between
21-560: The Madhvani Group and Graphic Systems Limited. 4. Nile Vocational Institute - A technical college with over 100 students founded by German charity Kindernothilfe 5. Vitafoam Industries - A Factory Manufacturing Mattresses. 6. Njeru Stock Farm - Formerly a government livestock farm, now used as an Army Detach. 7. Nytil Picfare - The biggest garments factory in Uganda, making garments out of locally grown organic cotton. Both
28-532: The average annual growth rate of the town's population at 1.97 percent every year, between 2014 and 2020. Buikwe Buikwe , sometimes spelled Buyikwe , is a town in Buikwe District , Uganda . It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters. Buikwe is approximately 67 kilometres (42 mi) east of Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city and 11 kilometres (7 mi) south-east of Lugazi ,
35-607: The nearest large town. The coordinates of Buikwe Town Council are 0°20'36.0"N, 33°01'44.0"E (Latitude:0.343333; Longitude:33.028889). Buikwe is a small town in the south-east of the Central Region . It is the home base of the Nalubaale Football Club. On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Buikwe's population at 16,633. In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated
42-607: The old Kampala-Jinja Highway and the new Kampala–Jinja Expressway , pass through Njeru and are part of the northern corridor of the Trans-Africa Highway. The Kampala–Jinja Expressway connects to the Source of the Nile Bridge in Njeru. In 2014, the national population census put the population of Njeru at 159,549. In 2020, UBOS estimated the population of Njeru at 178,800 people. The population agency calculated
49-458: The population of Buikwe at 16,800 people. In 2020, he population agency estimated the mid-year population of the town at 18,500, of whom 9,700 (52.4 percent) were female and 8,800 (47.6 percent) were male. UBOS calculated the annual rate of population growth of the town to average 1.95 percent annually, between 2015 and 2020. The following points of interest are found in or near Buikwe Town Council. The offices of Buikwe District Administration ,
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