Ishaka

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

Overview

Ishaka is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is one of the municipalities in Bushenyi District.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

A

Amanya Mushega

Ugandan politician, lawyer and civil servant (born 1946)

Mary Karooro Okurut

Ugandan politician and writer

John Baptist Rubara Bashobora

Ugandan Catholic priest, psychologist, theologian

J

Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda

Ugandan food nutritionist

A

Anita Beryl

Ugandan fashion designer, entrepreneur and coutrier

C

Chukwuemeka Jude Diji

Nigerian mechanical engineer (born 1966)

Mawanda Michael Maranga

Ugandan politician

E

Elly Rwakoma

presidential photographer for Obote and Amin

B

Bazirio Nabuto

Senior Human Resource Officer

N

Nagasha Catherine

Ugandan politician

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

Nearby places in Western

• Omukitaro
  4.6 mi away
• Katenga town
  6.2 mi away
• Kibingo
  15.7 mi away
• Kabwohe
  16.8 mi away
• Rukungiri
  22.5 mi away
• Katerera
  24 mi away
• Ntungamo
  24.4 mi away
• Bwizibwera
  30.9 mi away
• Kanungu
  35 mi away
• Ibanda
  37.7 mi away
• Kitagwenda
  41.4 mi away
• Isingiro
  50.1 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.

Books about Ishaka

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Eastern Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii

Seen 2026-06-02

carpet bugle

Ajuga reptans

Seen 2025-10-24

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

Seen 2025-10-24

Little Pansy

Junonia sophia

Seen 2025-10-24

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

Seen 2025-10-22

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Seen 2025-10-22

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