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NXS-GRX-UGA · Eastern Africa · Regions

Western Region

First-level unit, Uganda: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Map All 4 first-level units
Page GRX-UGA-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO UGA / UGStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
13,137,407
people (GHSL 2025)
51,585 km²
area
26%
of Uganda
41
units inside

01Imephu

Inside Western Region

The 41 ADM2 units of Western Region.

FIG 1 · 41 units inside Western Region
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Choose a humanitarian figure from the list to colour and raise the units by it; each figure shows its source on the unit page. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

Abantu · GHSL 2025

13,137,407

26% of Uganda.

Abantu · WorldPop 2025

12,833,544

-2% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

51,585 km²

255 people per km².

Code

UG-W

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

03Humanitarian data

Western Region in humanitarian data

Source observations from the Humanitarian Data Exchange, matched to this unit by name, each with its reference date, provider and licence. They are not index values.

Population · 2022-12-31

11,760,284

people. UNFPA · Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY-IGO).

Rainfall · 2026-10-10

2408%

of the long-term average, latest dekad. WFP – World Food Programme · Creative Commons Attribution International (CC BY).

04Units

41 units inside Western Region

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 · Public Domain.

Unit Code People (GHSL) People (WorldPop) Area km² Per km² Share Coast ≤ 10 m
Bufumbira – 389,794 389,315 786.94 495 3% 0
Bugahya – 533,095 488,740 1,770.99 301 4% 0
Bugangaizi – 558,240 729,568 1,718.26 325 4.2% 0
Bughendra – 323,883 332,849 892.6 363 2.5% 0
Buhaguzi – 383,302 413,012 1,887.31 203 2.9% 0
Buhweju – 190,987 184,204 741.05 258 1.5% 0
Bujenje – 145,379 148,592 932.68 156 1.1% 0
Bujumbura – 239,739 221,062 1,236.52 194 1.8% 0
Bukanga – 360,078 331,660 1,567.76 230 2.7% 0
Bukonjo – 461,750 469,281 1,024.85 451 3.5% 0
Buliisa – 206,880 211,293 2,293.93 90 1.6% 0
Bunyangabu – 344,857 347,342 670.74 514 2.6% 0
Bunyaruguru – 88,523 82,385 1,181.32 75 0.7% 0
Burahya – 381,246 364,226 1,589.13 240 2.9% 0
Buruuli – 243,441 234,221 1,960.53 124 1.8% 0
Busongora – 432,323 412,703 2,216.28 195 3.3% 0
Buyaga – 646,786 510,869 1,537.5 421 4.9% 0
Buyanja – 295,943 311,140 1,215.05 244 2.2% 0
Ibanda – 413,710 406,688 1,225.99 337 3.1% 0
Igara – 319,891 307,184 1,060.62 302 2.4% 0
Isingiro – 572,534 462,665 1,245.45 460 4.3% 0
Kajara – 250,153 247,982 714.77 350 1.9% 0
Kashari – 372,968 328,574 1,093.98 341 2.8% 0
Kazo – 201,766 211,111 1,441.42 140 1.5% 0
Kibale – 484,622 505,529 1,661.12 292 3.7% 0
Kibanda – 378,753 363,629 3,581.02 106 2.9% 0
Kinkiizi – 270,950 268,174 1,175.67 230 2.1% 0
Kitagwenda – 193,258 162,920 673.33 287 1.5% 0
Kyaka – 639,581 658,270 1,653.61 387 4.9% 0
Mwenge – 591,036 587,017 2,292.36 258 4.5% 0
Ndorwa – 247,666 237,476 599.47 413 1.9% 0
Ntoroko – 47,563 65,224 934.11 51 0.4% 0
Nyabushozi – 243,902 231,980 2,883.6 85 1.9% 0
Rubabo – 193,988 196,617 584.85 332 1.5% 0
Rubanda – 223,840 222,527 690.27 324 1.7% 0
Ruhaama – 308,628 281,821 926.15 333 2.3% 0
Ruhinda – 202,174 189,973 564.8 358 1.5% 0
Rukiga – 166,273 150,547 457.81 363 1.3% 0
Rushenyi – 64,303 65,978 326.88 197 0.5% 0
Rwampara – 292,822 231,448 747.38 392 2.2% 0
Sheema – 256,400 249,986 720.56 356 1.9% 0
05Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
271 H3 cells
Amachweba
None at this resolution
Izikhumulo zezindiza
None at this resolution
Major roads
2,084.7 H3 cells
Ojantshi
125.6 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
226.6 H3 cells
06Ubungozi

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Western Region publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Uganda.
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07Neighbours

Neighbouring units

08Imithombo

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM1, source: OpenStreetMap, Wambacher © OpenStreetMap contributors, licence: Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0 (share-alike: this boundary layer is offered under the same licence) · source · represents 2017. Offered under the same licence (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0), kept as its own layer and not merged into other data.
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM2, source: geoBoundaries, Wikimedia Commons, licence: Public Domain · source · represents 2006
ADM3 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM3, source: Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication · source · represents 2020
ADM4 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen UGA ADM4, source: Operational Data Portal Refugee Situations, UNHCR, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · source · represents 2019
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Amazwe
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.

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