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Mayuge district became a district in December 2000 by an act of parliament. The district is located in the eastern region of Uganda. Originally it was made up of six sub counties and one town council with 68 parishes and 385 villages however; it was given mandate by MOLG to create more sub counties for effective service delivery.
During the financial year 2008/2009 six new sub counties were curved from the existing ones and currently the district runs 13 LLGS with the headquarters located in mayuge town council 120km from Kampala the capital city and 40km from jinja. Iganga borders it in the north, jinja in the west, bugiri in the east and Lake Victoria in the south, which is shared by mukono district, bugiri, mayuge itself and jinja.
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Since the inception, mayuge has been having 6 sub counties and one town council but during the financial year 2008/09, mayuge created new sub counties form the existing ones to form 13 sub counties including the town council after getting the mandate from the MOLG. The administrative units currently are baitambogwe, bukatube, wairasa, buwaya, malongo, mpungwe, imanyiro, bukabooli, jagusi, busakira, kityerera, kigandalo, mayuge town council, bwondha towncouncil magamaga town council as well as bugadde town council and these sub counties form 3 constituencies i.e. bunya east composed of kigandalo, buwaya, mpungwe and bukabooli sub counties, bunya south composed of malongo, busakira, jagusi , bugadde Tc, bwondha Tc and kityerera sub counties while bunya west is composed of imanyiro, bukatube, baitambogwe,magamaga Tc, mayuge town council, wairasa sub counties.
Relief features
Mayuge district is relatively flat with high ridges and isolated hills, adulating lowlands and perch vents. The hills are linear and of a cur vex nature scope between 2% and 8% and almost flat valleys of scope less than 2%.
The lowest point of 1200m above sea level is found in the north. The district has a long shoreline of Lake Victoria in the south with 6 islands forming part of the islands.
Lake shores
The national environment (management of lake shores/wetlands/riverbanks) regulations act 2000 provides for the 200m protection zone measured from the lowest water mark of the lake (Victoria).
Despite the regulations, people have settled in the lake shores thereby altering the ecological setting of the lake and in the end affect productivity of this vital resource.
The district has limited urbanization and most of urban centres are just up-coming with Mayuge town council, magamaga, bugadde and Bwondha and nsango landing sites being the most prominent.
Environmental impact assessment have been carried out for most projects like mayuge sugar industries, telecommunication masts, fuel filling outlets and all other in the district development plan likely to have impact on the environment.