Mityana, is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mityana District.  Mityana is approximately 77 kilometres (48 mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.^[2] The town is about halfway between Kampala and Mubende on an all-weather tarmac highway that links Uganda's capital with the town of Fort Portal in the Western Region.