Mbarara Airport

Mbarara Airport (IATA: MBQ, ICAO: HUMA) is a civilian airport that serves the town of Mbarara in Ankole sub-region, Uganda. It is one of 46 airports in the country, and one of the twelve upcountry airports that are administered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda.

The airport was originally named Nyakisharara Airport and later renamed Mbarara Airport.

Location

The airport is approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwest of the central business district of Mbarara, on the road to Bwizibwera and Ibanda. It is approximately 212 kilometres (132 mi) southwest of Entebbe International Airport, the country’s largest civilian and military airport.

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Mbarara

Mbarara is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbarara District and the site of the district headquarters.

Location

Mbarara is about 290 kilometres (180 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Mbarara is an important transport hub, lying west of Masaka on the road to Kabale, near Lake Mburo National Park. The coordinates of the Mbarara central business district are 00 36 48S, 30 39 30E (Latitude:-0.6132; Longitude:30.6582).

Population

In 2002, the national census estimated the population of the town at 69,400. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 82,000 in 2010. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year populatiation at 83,700. In August 2014, the national population census put the population at 195,013.

History

MBARARA GENESIS Early Travellers in Ankole and the Founding of Mbarara by an African, Asian and European Initiative. by David Weekes, (2014) ISBN 9780956550149 describes its founding in 1899 on an old royal site which had been abandoned.