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Buganda is a Bantu kingdom within Uganda. 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 history of Buganda is that of the Buganda kingdom of the Baganda people, the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda.
According to the website buganda.com, Kintu's brother Bemba lived in a house called Buganda which was located at Naggalabi Buddo. After defeating Bemba in battle, Kintu slept in Bemba's house as a sign of victory thus becoming the "ruler" of Bemba's house. Eventually, the name came to denote all the territory that Kintu ruled over.
In the late eighteenth century the Kabaka Jjunju of Buganda (r. 1780 - 1797) defeated the Nyoro army and captured Buddu, which had been a province of Bunyoro. Buddu was the last territory to be acquired by Buganda before the arrival of the Europeans. [2] In 1892 Buddu was the most prosperous province in the kingdom. [3]
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]
Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, ... Uganda is located in southeast Africa between 1º S and 4º N latitude, and between 30º E and 35º E longitude. Its ...
Its existence in the area also led to the eventual renaming of the areas around it to be called Bulange. However the Bulange building which is the 'capital building' of Buganda is located on Namirembe Hill close to Namirembe Hospital, about 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of the main gate of Mengo Palace in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city ...
Kiwumulo Cave, also known as Kalaya Cave, is a cultural site located in Ssese islands, Kalangala district, Uganda. [1] [2] The cave is believed to be the origin to over 50 clans of Buganda Kingdom. [3] The Kalaya cave is owned by Jjaja Kiwumulo or Semuggala. [4] [5] The cave is for the Nkima (Monkey) clan, which is one of the 52 clans in ...