Mbale City

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Mbale City

Total population

96,189

Elevation1143 m

Coordinates1.07°, 34.17°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

J

James Wapakhabulo

Ugandan lawyer and politician (1945-2004)

W

Walter D'Souza

field hockey player (1920-1989)

C

Catherine Namono

Ugandan archaeologist

C

Charles Onyango-Obbo

Ugandan journalist

James Mutende

Ugandan politician (1962-2015)

Jane Suuto

Ugandan distance runner

J

John Wilson Nattubu Tsekoko

Ugandan judge

U

Upkar Singh Kapoor

Ugandan field hockey player

K

Kuldip Singh Bhogal

Ugandan field hockey player

Ismail Watenga

Ugandan association football player

S

Shabs Jobanputra

British chief executive officer

J

John Abdallah Wambere

Ugandan LGBT rights activist (born 1973)

M

Mukasa Kiriwawanvu

Uganda Roman Catholic Martyr

Sam Odaka

Ugandan politician and diplomat (1929–2015)

Wanyoto Lydia Mutende

Ugandan politician

Mahesh Champaklal

Gujarati dramatist, stage actor and director from India

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

Nearby places in Eastern

• Tororo
  26.2 mi away
• Namayingo
  54.4 mi away
• Agioi Theodoroi
  2715.3 mi away · pop. 318
• Loutraki
  2715.4 mi away · pop. 163
• Gavriani
  2716.2 mi away · pop. 147
• Achladias
  2716.4 mi away
• Pigadi
  2716.9 mi away · pop. 99
• Kalyvia
  2718.3 mi away
• Platania
  2719 mi away · pop. 141
• Drymonas
  2721.3 mi away · pop. 257
• Lavkos
  2721.9 mi away · pop. 511
• Agia Triada
  2722.9 mi away · pop. 222

Browse all places in Eastern →

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

Sternotomis bohemani bohndorffi

Sternotomis bohemani bohndorffi

Seen 2026-08-04

Pacific Cockroach

Euthyrrhapha pacifica

Seen 2026-04-11

Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

Seen 2026-04-10

Brown Cockroach

Validiblatta brunnea

Seen 2026-04-09

African Grass Blue

Zizeeria knysna

Seen 2026-04-08

Banded Black Carpet Beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Seen 2026-04-06

Red Driver Ant

Dorylus helvolus

Seen 2026-03-30

Large Black Tip Wilter

Anoplocnemis curvipes

Seen 2026-03-30

Sulfurous Lady Beetle

Cheilomenes sulphurea

Seen 2026-03-30

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