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42-570: Mubende is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi), by road, west of Kampala , the capital of Uganda and its largest city. The town is located about 145 kilometres (90 mi) east of the city of Fort Portal along the Mubende–Kyegegwa–Kyenjojo–Fort Portal Road . The geographical coordinates of the town are 0°33'27.0"N, 31°23'42.0"E (Latitude:0.5575; Longitude:31.3950). Mubende Town sits at an average elevation of 1,408 metres (4,619 ft) above mean sea level . Mubende

84-697: A Sunni Islamist group based in Somalia , carried out two nearly simultaneous bombings in Kampala , killing 74 people. After eleven years of relative calm, on 16 November 2021, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist group based in eastern Congo with ties to the Islamic State , carried out two suicide bombings near the central police station and parliament, killing three people and injuring 36. The City of Kampala covers

126-506: A new and or different hill as they wished or desired. The first written description of this Kibuga (capital) was by the explorer Sir Richard Burton in his book, The Lake Region of East Africa , published in 1860. In the book, Burton, relying on the information collected by Snay Bin Amir, an Arab trader, described the Kibuga as: …the settlement is not less than a day's journey in length,

168-404: A population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala , Kawempe , Makindye , Nakawa , and Rubaga . Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District , Mukono District , Mpigi District , Buikwe District and Luweero District . It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by

210-421: A total area of 189 km (73 square miles), comprising 176 km (68 square miles) of land and 13 km (5.0 square miles) of water. Kampala is a hilly place with its valleys filled with sluggish rivers/ swamps. The highest point in the city proper is the summit of Kololo hill at 1,311 metres (4,301 ft), located in the center of the city and the lowest point at the shores of Lake Victoria south of

252-541: Is between February and June that Kampala sees substantially heavier rainfall per month, with April typically seeing the heaviest amount of precipitation at an average of around 169 millimetres (6.7 in) of rain. Pre-primary education Pre-primary education is offered only by private entities which are located in the various neighbourhoods of Kampala and is lightly regulated by the Ministry of Education and Sports and starts from age of 6 weeks. Education in Kampala city

294-525: Is home to the Nakayima Shrine , said to hold the spirit of Ndahura , a former Bacwezi king. The site, located about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) outside of the town's central business district, is marked by the Nakayima Tree . Large root buttresses, which form nooks and fissures, lie at the base of the tree. The shrine is located on top of Mubende Hill , rising 213 metres (699 ft) above

336-532: Is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions offering a wide range of educational training that includes pre-primary, primary, secondary, vocational, technical undergraduate and post-graduate education. Primary and secondary education in Kampala Uganda Bureau of Statistics The Uganda Bureau of Statistics ("UBOS") is an agency of the Ugandan government . Formed by

378-454: Is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York –based consulting firm) has regularly ranked Kampala as East Africa's best city to live in, ahead of Nairobi and Kigali . Kampala originally referred to only the present-day Old Kampala hill, on whose summit Fort Lugard was located, and

420-591: Is supervised by the Uganda Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development . UBOS is governed by a seven-person board of directors . Its scope of work includes conducting a national population census at least once every 10 years or so. The last national census was conducted in August 2014. The exercise cost an estimated UGX:75 billion and created an estimated 150,000 temporary jobs. The agency also publishes regular economic surveys and forecasts, including

462-762: The Katikiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda, Stanislaus Mugwanya, the Mulamuzi (Chief Judge) of Buganda, and Zakaria Kisingiri, the Muwanika (Chief Treasurer) of Buganda, with Bishop Alfred Tucker ), signed the Buganda Agreement on behalf of Buganda with Sir Harry Johnston , who signed on behalf of the British government . This agreement with Sir Harry Johnston created new land tenures such as freehold, Crown land, and mailo , and divided up and allocated

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504-549: The East African Rift and on the northern limits of Tanzania Craton . Kampala has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ) under the Köppen-Geiger climate classification system . A facet of Kampala's weather is that it features two annual wetter seasons . While the city does not have a true dry season month, it experiences heavier precipitation from August to December and from February to June. However, it

546-516: The Kibuga area occupied by the Baganda and other natives. In 1931, the Uganda Railway line reached Kampala, connecting Kampala to Mombasa Port , thirty-five years after the commencement of its construction. In 1938, The East African Power & Lighting Company was granted a licence for thermal electric power generation and distribution for the towns of Kampala and Entebbe , and in

588-564: The River Muzizi , in the hills northwest of the town 8. Mubende Campus of Muteesa I Royal University . 9. Fliptown and Flippers. The Fliptown Hub, Home of the youths' New Hometown World Movement in Uganda. Kampala Kampala / k ɑː m ˌ p ɑː l ɑː -/ ( UK : / k æ m ˈ p ɑː l ə / , US : / k ɑː m ˈ -/ ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda . The city proper has

630-497: The Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of 8,451.9 km (3,263.3 square miles). Other estimates estimate put the size of the metropolitan area at around four million people. In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $ 13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011), which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala

672-469: The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 21,400. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 22,200. In 2014, the national population census put the population of the town at 103,473. In 2020 UBOS estimated the mid-population of Mubende Town at 121,600 people. The population agency calculated the annual population growth rate of Mubende at 2.8 percent, on average, from 2014 until 2020. The following points of interest lie within

714-574: The United Kingdom and were allocated Namirembe Hill . Two years later, in 1879, the Catholic White Fathers also arrived, first settling at the present-day village of Kitebi near Lubaga; subsequently, they would be allocated Lubaga Hill. The arrival of these two missionary groups laid the ground for the religious wars of 1888 to 1892 between their new converts and forced the missionaries from Great Britain to then lobby for

756-534: The 1930 plan to an area of 28 km (11 square miles) incorporating areas like Kololo Hill, and the Industrial Area. However, like the first two planning schemes, the 1951 plan failed to achieve many of its stated objectives. On 9 October 1962, Uganda gained independence; subsequently the capital city was transferred from Entebbe to Kampala and in the same year, Kampala was granted city status . In 1968, six years after Uganda attained independence,

798-805: The 1972 plan, was also never implemented. In 2010, the Kampala Capital City Authority Act was enacted, giving the Ugandan Government more control of the administration of Kampala. The act also created the Kampala Metropolitan Physical Planning Authority with the stated aims of improving the infrastructure of the City of Kampala and the surrounding districts of Wakiso , Mukono , Buikwe , Mpigi and Luwero . On 11 July 2010, suicide bombers affiliated with al-Shabaab ,

840-661: The British government to take over Buganda/Uganda as a protectorate. In 1890, Frederick Lugard , an agent of the Imperial British East Africa Company , arrived in Buganda during the reign of Kabaka Mwanga II , with whom he signed a treaty of protection by the British government over Buganda, and the Kibuga (capital) was located at Mengo Hill. Captain Lugard would, later on, be allocated

882-610: The Busulu and Envujo law of 1928. In 1906, the Crown lands consisting of Old Kampala, Nakasero hills etc. and covering 567 hectares (5.67 km ; 1,400 acres) was consolidated and gazetted as Kampala Township. In 1912, Kampala Township received its first land-use plan and had a European and Asian population of 2,850. In 1922, Kampala's oldest university, Makerere , was founded as the Uganda Technical College at

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924-480: The Impala". The Baganda, in whose territory this British settlement was located, then translated "Hill of the Impala" as Akasozi ke'Empala. This was then shortened to K'empala and finally Kampala. Kasozi means "hill", ke "of", and empala the plural of "impala". Hence the name "Kampala" came to refer to this initial British colonial settlement that would later on spread out from the occupied Old Kampala hill near

966-519: The Kampala hill that would soon be known as Old Kampala , and on which he built a fort. In 1895, Mengo Senior School , the first school offering Western education in Kampala, was opened by the Church Missionary Society at Namirembe hill , where mostly the children of chiefs and pages of the royal palaces were students. In 1897, Mwanga launched a rebellion but was defeated and was subsequently captured and exiled , in 1899, to

1008-806: The Protestant Church Missionary Society got Namirembe Hill, the Muslims under Prince Nuhu Mbogo's leadership received Kibuli Hill, the British Catholic Mill Hill Missionaries received most of Nsambya Hill. The Uganda Protectorate government obtained land classified as Crown lands in the area such as Old Kampala Hill, Nakasero Hill, etc. To legalise the above changes, the following laws and ordinances were subsequently passed: The Crown lands Ordinance of 1903, The Land Law of 1908, The Registration of Land Titles ordinance of 1922, and

1050-519: The Seychelles alongside Omukama Kabalega , and his 3-year-old son was made Kabaka by the combined forces of the European officers leading Nubian and Baganda colonial soldiers . This state of affairs later culminated in the signing of the Buganda Agreement (1900) that formalised British colonial rule in Buganda. Also in 1897, Kampala's first Western-style health facility, Mengo Hospital ,

1092-663: The Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act, 1998, the agency is mandated to "coordinate, monitor and supervise Uganda's National Statistical System". The headquarters of UBOS are located in Statistics House, at Plot 9 Colville Street on Nakasero Hill , in Kampala , Uganda's capital and largest city. This is at the corner of Colville Street and Nile Avenue. The coordinates of Statistics House are 0°18'58.0"N, 32°35'05.0"E (Latitude:0.316111; Longitude:32.584722). The agency

1134-445: The boundaries of Kampala were expanded incorporating the Kibuga (then known as Mengo Municipality), Kawempe and Nakawa Townships, and areas including Muyenga and Ggaba. This increased the administrative area of Kampala from 28 km (11 square miles) to the current 189 km (73 square miles). In 1972, the fourth physical plan for Kampala was made covering the newly incorporated areas of Kampala's boundary extensions of 1968, but

1176-431: The buildings are of cane and rattan. The sultan's (Kabaka) palace is at least a mile long and the circular huts neatly arranged in a line are surrounded by a strong fence which has only four gates. In 1862, when explorer John Speke arrived in Buganda, the Kibuga (capital) was at Bandabarogo, present-day Banda Hill , and the reigning Kabaka (King) was Mutesa I . In 1875, explorer Henry Morton Stanley reported

1218-609: The capital I found the vast collection of huts crowning the eminence were the Royal Quarters, around which ran several palisades and circular courts, between which and the city was a circular road, ranging from 100 ft [30 meters] to 200 ft [60 meters] in width with gardens and huts... In 1877, the first missionaries from the Church Mission Society , who were of the Protestant faith, arrived from

1260-537: The capital as being at present-day Lubaga Hill, where he met the same Kabaka , Mutesa I. During this visit, Stanley wrote a letter that was published in The Daily Telegraph , inviting missionaries to come to Buganda. He also described the Kibuga in his 1870s dispatches to The New York Herald , thus: As we approached the capital, the highway from Usavara [Busabala] increased in width from 20 ft [6 meters] to 150 ft [45 meters]...Arrived at

1302-469: The city center at altitude of 1,135 metres (3,724 ft). Kampala was originally built on seven hills , but it has expanded to cover more than the original seven hills. The original seven hills are: Due to Kampala's hilly nature and tropical climate, the valleys have slow rivers/swamps that tend to flow southwards towards Lake Victoria or northwards. These seasonal and or permanent swamps cover 15% of Kampala's land area. They include: Kampala, due to

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1344-476: The diversity of habitats that include wetlands and hills, was previously covered with short grasses on the tops of the hills, elephant grass ( Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.), Cyperus papyrus , African water lily etc. in the swamps and evergreen forests with trees such as African olive (mpafu) and Natal fig (mutuba) . Kampala is located on the East African Plateau between the two arms of

1386-474: The initial headquarters of the British colonial authorities in the soon to be Uganda Protectorate . Before the British construction of Fort Lugard, the hill was a hunting reserve of the Kabaka (King) of Buganda and had several species of antelope, especially the impala . As a result, when the British colonial officials were allocated this hill by the then Kabaka of Buganda, they referred to it as "The Hill of

1428-525: The land in such a way that would come to define the development of Kampala. The land in Buganda 's Kibuga (capital), including Mengo Hill and Makerere Hill, was allocated to the young Kabaka , the Baganda colonial collaborators, etc., under mailo and freehold. The religious missions were also formally allocated land they were previously occupying. Thus, the Catholic White Fathers got Lubaga Hill,

1470-506: The pre-existing Kibuga (capital) of the Buganda Kingdom. This area of numerous hills and swamps that later become known as Kampala was part of the core of the highly centralised Buganda Kingdom . It was also the site of the shifting Kibuga (capital) of the different Bassekabaka (kings) of the Buganda Kingdom, with each Kabaka (king) upon coronation, or subsequently during their reign, setting up their Kibuga (capital) on

1512-529: The present Makerere Hill and initially offered carpentry, building construction, mechanics, arts, education, agriculture, and medicine. In 1930, the first sewerage plan was prepared to target a population of 20,000 people in the Nakasero and Old Kampala areas of the Kampala township. This plan guided sewerage development from 1936 to 1940 in planned urban areas of the Kampala Township and excluded

1554-553: The same year Sir Philip Mitchel , the Governor of Uganda , switched on Kampala and Uganda's first electric street lights . In 1945, Ernst May , a German architect, was commissioned by the Uganda Protectorate Government to design a new physical plan for Kampala. Ernst May's plan of 1947 was intended to extend Kampala eastwards covering Kololo Hill and Naguru Hill, and with the commercial centre on

1596-494: The southern slopes of Nakasero Hill, an industrial zone in the southeast of Kampala, and, for the first time, a planned residential zone for the Ugandan natives. The plan was never fully implemented, and in 1951 the third physical plan by Henry Kendall was instead adopted, though it incorporated some elements of Ernst May's 1947 plan. Henry Kendall's 1951 plan expanded Kampala from the 5.67 km (2.19 square miles) area of

1638-623: The subsequent political and economic turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s meant the plan was never implemented. The Battle of Kampala during the Ugandan Bush War occurred in January 1986. It resulted in the capture of the city by the National Resistance Movement , led by Yoweri Museveni and the subsequent surrender of the Ugandan government . Similarly, the fifth physical plan for Kampala, made in 1994, like

1680-465: The surrounding terrain to a peak of 1,533 metres (5,030 ft) above sea level. The hill has a flat top where an ancient palace once stood. The shrine is visited by people paying homage to the matriarch Nakayima of the Bachwezi, believed to be semi-gods, whose dynasty ruled this region in the period prior to 1,300 AD. The 2002 national census estimated the population of Mubende to be 16,000. In 2010,

1722-694: The town limits or near its edges: 1. The offices of Mubende Town Council 2. Mubende Regional Referral Hospital , a regional referral hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health 3. Mubende Central Market 4. A branch of the National Social Security Fund 5. The headquarters of the Tiger Battalion of the Uganda People's Defence Force , located in the western part of the town 6. The southern end of Mubende–Kakumiro–Kibaale–Kagadi Road 7. The source of

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1764-531: Was opened on Namirembe hill by British doctor and missionary Sir Albert Ruskin Cook . In addition, Sir Albert Ruskin Cook would in 1913 found Mulago Hospital , the current National Referral Hospital, at Mulago hill. In 1899, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa founded Lubaga Hospital on Lubaga Hill. In 1900, the regents of the infant Kabaka Daudi Cwa II (who were Apolo Kagwa ,

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