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Rakai 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

Central Region is a region of Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda, one of the ancient African monarchies that are constitutionally recognised in Uganda. It is divided into the following districts:...

. Like most other Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

n districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Rakai

Rakai

Rakai is a town in Central Uganda. It is the headquarters of Rakai District. The district is named after the town.-Location:Rakai is located approximately , by road, southwest of Masaka, the largest town in the sub-region. This location is approximately , by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's...

Location

Rakai District borders Lyantonde District

Lyantonde District

Lyantonde District is a district in southern Central Uganda. It is named after the 'chief town' of the district, Lyantonde, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...

to the northwest, Lwengo District

Lwengo District

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

to the north, Masaka District

Masaka District

Masaka District is a district in Central Uganda. Its main town is Masaka, whose estimated population in 2011 was 74,100.-Location:The district is bordered by Bukomansimbi District to the northwest, Kalungu District to the north, Kalangala District to the east and south, Rakai District to the...

to the northeast, Kalangala District

Kalangala District

Kalangala is a district in southern Central Uganda. The district is coterminous with the Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria and does not have territory on mainland Uganda...

to the east, the Kagera Region

Kagera Region

Kagera Region is located in the northwestern corner of Tanzania. Bukoba, Kagera Region's capital, is a fast growing town situated on the shore of Lake Victoria. Bukoba lies only 1 degree south of the Equator and is Tanzania's second largest port on the lake. The region neighbors Uganda, Rwanda and...

in the Republic of Tanzania to the south, Isingiro District to the southwest and Kiruhura District

Kiruhura District

Kiruhura District is a district in Western Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town' of Kiruhura, the location of the district headquarters.-Location:...

to the northwest. Rakai

Rakai

, the location of the district headquarters, lies approximately 65 kilometres (40.4 mi), by road, southwest of Masaka

Masaka

Masaka is a town in Central Uganda, lying west of Lake Victoria. It is the chief town of Masaka District. Besides being the headquarters of Masaka District, the town is the regional headquarters and largest metropolitan area in Lyantonde District, Sembabule District, Lwengo District, Bukomansimbi...

, the largest city in the sub-region. The coordinates of the district are:00 43S, 31 24E.

Overview

Due to its proximity to Uganda

Uganda

's border with Tanzania

Tanzania

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, the district experiences much cross border commercial traffic to and from Bukoba

Bukoba

Bukoba is a town in northwest Tanzania on the western shore of Lake Victoria. It is the capital of the Kagera region. Population estimate: 100,000...

. The first recorded case of HIV

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome , a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive...

in Uganda was in Rakai District and the district has been particularly hard hit by the disease. A number of medical research facilities are located here. In 2007, the northern part of the district known as Kabula County, was split off to form Lyantonde District

Lyantonde District

Lyantonde District is a district in southern Central Uganda. It is named after the 'chief town' of the district, Lyantonde, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...

Population

In 2002, the national census estimated the population of the district at 404,300, with an annual growth rate of 1.8%. Given those statistics, it is estimated that in 2010, the population of the district was approximately 466,300. See table below:

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| width="100%" align="center" | Rakai 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||404,300
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|2003||411,600
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|2004||419,000
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|2005||426,500
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|2006||434,200
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|2007||442,000
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|2008||450,000
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|2009||458,100
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|2010||466,300
|-
|}

Administration

The district is divided into the following administrative units:

Kakuuto County
Kooki County
Kyotera County
Rakai Municipality
Rakai
Rakai is a town in Central Uganda. It is the headquarters of Rakai District. The district is named after the town.-Location:Rakai is located approximately , by road, southwest of Masaka, the largest town in the sub-region. This location is approximately , by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's...

- The 'chief town' and district headquarters
Kyotera Town Council
Kyotera
-Location:Kyotera is located approximately , by road, south of Masaka, the largest city in the sub-region. This location is approximately , by road, northeast of Rakai, where the district headquarters are located...
Kalisizo Town Council
Kalisizo
Kalisizo is a town in southern Central Uganda. It is the leading commercial center in Rakai District. However, the administrative headquarters of the district are located in Rakai.-Location:...

Economic activities

Subsistence agriculture is the dominant economic activity in the district, employing over 85% of the people. Crops grown include matooke, beans, cassava

Cassava

Cassava , also called yuca or manioc, a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae native to South America, is extensively cultivated as an annual crop in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrates...

and potatoes for food while coffee

Coffee

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is the main cash crop. Livestock raised includes cattle

Cattle

Cattle are the most common type of large domesticated ungulates. They are a prominent modern member of the subfamily Bovinae, are the most widespread species of the genus Bos, and are most commonly classified collectively as Bos primigenius...

, goats, pigs

PIGS

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and chicken

Chicken

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