Overview
Prior to 2010, Bushenyi District is one of the most western of Uganda's districts, by location. It covered an area of approximately 4,292.5 square kilometres (1,657.3 sq mi), of which 8.6% was open water, 2.2% was wetland and 18.3% was protected national forest reserve.
All that changed on 01 July 2010 when, by Act of Parliament, the old Bushenyi district was split into six (6), new smaller districts, namely:
- Buhweju District
- Busheny District - New and smaller
- Mitooma District
- Rubirizi District
- Sheema District
The district is part of the larger Ankole sub-region, constisting of nine (9) districts, and home to an estimated 2.2 million Banyankole in 2002, according to the national census conducted at that time.
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