Hoima

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Hoima

Total population

100,625

Elevation1125 m

Coordinates1.43°, 31.35°

Demographic figures from Uganda Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Hoima is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Hoima District. It is also the location of the palace of the Omukama of Bunyoro.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

C

Cyprien Biyehima Kihangire

Ugandan Roman Catholic priest (1918–1990)

Goretti Kyomuhendo

Ugandan writer

S

Solomon Iguru I

Omukama of Bunyoro

S

Simone Riccioni

Italian writer

S

Simon Mugenyi Byabakama

Ugandan lawyer and judge

S

Sarah Nyendwoha Ntiro

Ugandan educator, academic and activist

Tophace Kaahwa

Ugandan politician

J

Jacent Nyamahunge

Ugandan athletics competitor (born 1997)

M

Margaret Bisereko

Ugandan Netballer

G

Gertrude Njuba

Ugandan politician

B

Balamu Jaberi Mukasa

N

Nathan Irumba

A

Asaba Jumah

Ugandan actor, musician and author

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Western

• Kikingura Trading Centre
  20.8 mi away
• Masindi
  30.9 mi away · pop. 94,622
• Kasonga
  42.8 mi away
• Buhuka
  44.3 mi away
• Kakumiro
  44.9 mi away
• Bulisa
  47.6 mi away
• Kibaale
  48.5 mi away · pop. 7,600
• Kigumba
  52.5 mi away
• Masindi-Port
  54.3 mi away · pop. 8,800
• Ntoroko
  62.1 mi away
• Fort Portal
  91.5 mi away · pop. 54,275
• Bundibugyo
  102.1 mi away

Browse all places in Western →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

Seen 2026-09-30

Jameson's Mamba

Dendroaspis jamesoni

Seen 2026-09-15

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-09-06

Lizard Buzzard

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Seen 2026-09-06

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Seen 2026-09-06

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Seen 2025-12-14

Northern Fiscal

Lanius humeralis

Seen 2025-12-06

Red-veined Dropwing

Trithemis arteriosa

Seen 2025-12-04

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus migrans parasitus

Seen 2025-11-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).