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The kingdom of the Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Uganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 14 million Baganda (singular Muganda ; often referred to simply by the root word and adjective, Ganda) make up the largest Ugandan region ...
Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south, including Kampala, and whose language Luganda is widely spoken; the official language is English. The region was populated by various ethnic groups, before Bantu and Nilotic groups arrived around 3,000 years ago.
Buganda grew rapidly in power in the eighteenth and nineteenth century becoming the dominant kingdom in the region. Buganda started to expand in the 1840s, and used fleets of war canoes to establish "a kind of imperial supremacy" over Lake Victoria and the surrounding regions.
Naggalabi Hill (at times written as Nagalabi) is a cultural, religious and heritage site where the kings of Buganda Kingdom are crowned. [1]It is also believed to be the place where the first king of Buganda Kingdom won the battle for the crown after a fight with his brother, Prince Bemba.
Under British rule before 1962, the regions were functional administrative units and were called provinces, headed by a Provincial Commissioner. The central region is the kingdom of Buganda, which then had a semi-autonomous government headed by the Kabaka (king). The equivalent of the Provincial Commissioner for Buganda was called the Resident. [3]
Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi: Kampala: 2001 1022; i, iii, iv, vi (cultural) The tombs of the kings, or kabakas, of the Buganda kingdom, founded in the 13th century, are located on the hillside in Kampala. They are an important spiritual site of the Baganda. The main building was built in 1882 as a palace and converted into a tomb in 1884.
Located in Kazo, Mpererwe – tombs and mounds Wakiso: UG-C-171 Bagala yazze Tombs At Mpererwe are tombs of Namasole Bagalayazze mother to Kabaka Mwanga II Wakiso: UG-C-172 Kyabagu Tombs Kyebando Tombs of the 25th king of Buganda ,Kyabagu ruled, 1750–1780 Wakiso: UG-C-173 Kiwewea Tombs At Masanafu Kiwewa
The Central region is one of the four regions in the country of Uganda. [1] As of Uganda's 2014 census , the region's population was 9,529,227. [ 2 ] It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda , one of the ancient African monarchies that are constitutionally recognised in Uganda.