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Kampala Hill is bordered by Makerere to the north, Nakasero to the east, Mengo to the south and Namirembe to the west. When calculating distances between Kampala and other places, Kampala Hill is often taken as the starting point. The coordinates of the hill are:0°18'55.0"N, 32°34'07.0"E (Latitude: 0.315278; Longitude: 32.568611). [1]
Kampala (UK: / k æ m ˈ p ɑː l ə /, [3] [4] US: / k ɑː m ˈ-/ ⓘ) [3] [5] is the capital and largest city of Uganda.The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) [6] and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa, and Rubaga.
Pedestrians walk along the train tracks near New Port Bell Road. Mbuya is located in Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala.It is bordered by Kyambogo to the north, Kinawataka and Kireka to the northeast, Butabika and Biina to the east, Mutungo to the southeast, Port Bell, Kitintale and Bugoloobi to the south, Namuwongo to the southwest, Nakawa to the west and ...
The Battle of Kampala Hill was fought between Catholics and Protestants on 24 January 1892 at Kampala Hill in what is now Uganda. [ 1 ] Frederick Lugard had been appointed Military Administrator of Uganda by the British East Africa Company , following the Anglo-German treaty of 1890 . [ 2 ]
The hill also accommodates a police training school. At the base of the hill, on the eastern side of Kibuli, is the neighborhood called Namuwongo , the location of the old Industrial Area of the city and the oil depots of two major oil companies; Vivo Energy and TotalEnergies .
Kololo is a hill in Kampala, the largest city and capital of Uganda. The name also applies to the upscale residential and commercial neighbourhood that sits on that ...
Makerere Hill is occupied primarily by Makerere University.In the 1970s and 1980s, the university had nine Halls of Residence, six for men and three for women.During the 1990s and early 2000s, as the university intake and student population grew from about 5,000 to over 40,000, private hostels grew up all around the hill, outside the university compound, to accommodate the new student influx.
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