Pallisa is a town in Eastern Uganda

Eastern Region, Uganda

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. It is the 'chief town' of Pallisa District

Pallisa District

Pallisa District is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Pallisa, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...

. The district is named after the town.

Location

Pallisa is located approximately 65 kilometres (40.4 mi), by road, west of Mbale

Mbale

Mbale is a city in Eastern Uganda. It is the main municiplal, administrative and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. The district is named after the town.-Location:...

, the largest city in the sub-region. The coordinates of the town are:01 10 03N, 33 42 36E (Latitude:1.1675; Longitude:33.7100).

Overview

The town of Pallisa, lies in a rural area with extremely limited public transportation. The town has a population of about 30,000, scattered across the surrounding area, for a radius of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). The main industry there is schooling. In fact, the town swells to around 40,000 when school is in. Kids come from all around to go to one of the twenty (20) or so secondary school

Secondary school

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s in the area, where they board in a hut rented to them by the local villagers. Students live in a mud and grass hut with one or two others, fending entirely for themselves while going to school. Pallisa is the sister city of Hudson, New York

Hudson, New York

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Population

The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town at 23,650 and in 2008, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of the town of Pallisa to be 29,000. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 32,300.

Landmarks

The landmarks within the town limits or near the edges of town include:

• The headquarters of Pallisa District Administration
  Pallisa District
  Pallisa District is a district in Eastern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Pallisa, where the district headquarters are located.-Location:...
  
  
• The offices of Pallisa Town Council
• Pallisa Central Market
• A branch of Global Trust Bank
  Global Trust Bank
  Global Trust Bank is a commercial bank in Uganda which started operations in 2008. Its headquarters are located in a five-storey building on Kampala Road in the center of Uganda’s capital, Kampala.-Ownership:...
  
  
• A branch of Stanbic Bank
  Stanbic Bank (Uganda) Limited
  Stanbic Bank Limited is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by Bank of Uganda, the national banking regulator.-Overview:...
  
  
• A mobile branch of PostBank Uganda
  PostBank Uganda
  PostBank Uganda is a non-bank credit institution in Uganda. As of May 2010, PostBank Uganda was a small credit institution whose asset base was estimated at about US$39 million.-History:...
  
  
• A branch of Uganda Finance Trust Limited
  Uganda Finance Trust Limited
  Uganda Finance Trust Limited , commonly called Finance Trust, is a Microfinance Deposit-taking Institution in Uganda.-Location:...
  
   - A Tier III Financial Institution
  Banking in Uganda
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• The Pallisa Campus of Busitema University
  Busitema University
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   - One of the five (5) public
  Public
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   universities in Uganda