Population
The 2002 national census estimated the population of Kabale District at about 458,300, with an annual population growth rate of 3%. It is estimated that in 2010, the population of the district was approximately 580,600. See table below:
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Kabale District is densely populated. With an area of 1,827 square kilometres (705 sq mi), the population density in the district in 2010 was estimated at 317 people per km² (823 people per mi²). The land is heavily fragmented. An average household has six to seven plots of land on several hills. The people are predominantly from the Bakiga tribe, but also from Batwa (Pygmies), the Banyarwanda and the Bahororo (Toro) tribal clans. Read more about this topic: Kabale District Famous quotes containing the word population:“America is like one of those old-fashioned six-cylinder truck engines that can be missing two sparkplugs and have a broken flywheel and have a crankshaft that’s 5000 millimeters off fitting properly, and two bad ball-bearings, and still runs. We’re in that kind of situation. We can have substantial parts of the population committing suicide, and still run and look fairly good.” “We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.” “I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with passion by unknown artists, and consumed in image if not in usage by a whole population which appropriates them as a purely magical object.” |