Pallisa

Pallisa is a town in Pallisa District of the Eastern Region of Uganda.LocationPallisa is approximately 65km, by road, west of Mbale, the largest city in the sub-region. This is approximately 200km, by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. The coordinates of the town are 1°10'03.0"N, 33°42'36.0"E (Latitude:1.1675; Longitude:33.7100).OverviewThe town of Pallisa is in a rural area with limited public transportation. One of the major activities include schooling, with the population of the town swelling to around 40,000 when school is in session. Children come from all around to go to one of the approximately twenty secondary schools in the area, where they live in huts, two to four students per hut, rented to them by villagers. The students fend entirely for themselves while going to school.PopulationThe 2002 national census estimated the population of the town at 23,650. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population to be 31,200. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 32,300. In 2014, the national population census put the population at 32,681.Points of interestThe following additional points of interest lie within the town limits or near its borders: headquarters of Pallisa District Administration offices of Pallisa Town Council Pallisa central market a mobile branch of PostBank Uganda Pallisa Campus of Busitema University, one of the public universities in Uganda Pallisa Public Library the Tirinyi–Pallisa–Kamonkoli–Kumi Road passes through the middle of town.