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Luggo Cultural Forest
Luggo Forest also known as Luggo Cultural Forest is an heritage site and tourism Centre and home to many tree species in the Bujumba subcounty of Uganda's Kalangala district. It is a private forest found in Buswa Village along Kalangala -Mulabana Road surrounded by oil palm plantations. It is the only forest containing the tree where the mace (Ddamula) symbolizing the authority of the Katikkiro is cut from. The mace commonly known as "Ddamula" was handed over by the Kabaka to the Katikkiro symbolizing the transfer of authority to the Katikkiro to rule over Buganda on his behalf. The forest is a source of revenue to the district with 15% given to the owner of the forest. Controversy The forest is losing the natural tree cover with only five mature trees left in the forest because of too much tree cutting for charcoal, firewood, and timber. Many indigenous trees gave been cut off for timber and charcoal with half of the forest sold off to oil palm growers. Only eight acres of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katikkiro Of Buganda
Katikkiro is the official title of the head of cabinet and government in Buganda under the Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda. He is the equivalent of a Prime Minister is some governments but the Katikkiro does not assume office through elections like in other countries. His authority is symbolized by the Ddamula stick which is given to him by the Kabaka as a tool to 'kulamula' (Rule over) in the kingdom on his behalf. Buganda is a traditional kingdom in modern-day Uganda located in the central region of the East African country. The current Katikkiro is Mr. Charles Peter Mayiga of the Mutima clan and was appointed by the current monarch, the Kabaka of Buganda, Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda in May 2013, replacing Engineer John Baptist Walusimbi. History This title is as old as the kingdom itself. The first known Katikkiro was a man named Walusimbi of the Ffumbe Clan, who was the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) during the reign of Chwa I Nabakka, the second Kabaka of Buganda, who reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalangala District In Uganda
Kalangala is a town in Kalangala District in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the headquarters of the district. Location Kalangala is on the northern shore of Bugala Island, the largest of the Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria. It is approximately , across water, southwest of Entebbe. The coordinates of the town are0°19'17.0"S, 32°17'31.0"E (Latitude:-0.321389; Longitude:32.291944). Overview Kalangala is on the northern beach of Bugala Island, which constitutes the bulk (68.5 percent) of the land mass of Kalangala District. Population The 2002 national census estimated the population of the town at 2,950. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of the town at 4,900. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 5,200. Points of interest The following points of interest lie within or close to the town limits: * Kalangala Information Center * Kalangala central market * offices of Kalangala Town Council See also * List of cities and tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region, lies within the Nile basin, and has a varied equatorial climate. , it has a population of 49.3 million, of whom 8.5 million live in the capital and largest city, Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda, 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. These groups established influential kingdoms such as the Empire of Kitara. The arrival of Arab trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalangala District
Kalangala, also known as Ssesse, is a Districts of Uganda, district in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda. The district is coterminous with the Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria and does not have territory on mainland Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kalangala which is located on Bugala Island, the largest of the Ssese Islands. To reach Kalangala town on Bugala island one has to board a boat at specified points (ports/landing sites) or use one of the MV Ssese, Ferries sailing through the Bukakata-Luku route that joins the town with the mainland in Masaka District. There is also a relatively longer route that passes via Nakiwogo in Wakiso district to connect to Lutoboka on Bugala Island. Location Kalangala District is bordered by Mpigi District and Wakiso District to the north, Mukono District to the northeast and east, the Republic of Tanzania to the south, Rakai District to the southwest, Masaka District to the west and Kalungu District t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabaka Of Buganda
Kabaka is the title of the monarch, king of the Buganda, Kingdom of Buganda.Stanley, H.M., 1899, Through the Dark Continent, London: G. Newnes, According to the traditions of the Baganda, they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and the other secular. The spiritual, or supernatural, king is represented by the Royal Drums, regalia called ''Mujaguzo''. As they always exist, Buganda will always have a king. ''Mujaguzo'', like any other king, has his own palace, officials, servants and palace guards. The material, human prince has to perform special cultural rites on the Royal Drums before he can be declared king of Buganda. Upon the birth of a royal prince or princess, the Royal Drums are sounded by drummers specially selected from a specified clan as a means of informing the subjects of the kingdom of the birth of a new member of the royal family. The same Royal Drums are sounded upon the death of a reigning king to officially announce the death of the material king. According ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forestry In Uganda
Today, forest and woodland cover in Uganda stands at 1 km2 or 24% of the total land area. Of these 1 km2 is Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical rainforest, 1 km2 are forest plantations and 1 km2 is woodland. 30% of these areas are protected as National parks (Uganda), national parks, wildlife reserves or Central Forest Reserves of Uganda, central forest reserves. History In the late 1980s, 75,000 square kilometres of land in Uganda consisted of forest, forest and woodland. About 15,000 square kilometres, or 7 percent of Uganda's dry land area, was protected forest reserves. Roughly 250 square kilometres of protected reserves were tree farms. The most important forest products are timber, firewood, charcoal, wood pulp, and paper. Other important products included leaves for fodder and fertilizer, medicinal herbs, fruits, and fibers, and a variety of grasses used in weaving and household applications. Production of most materials increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bugala Thermal Power Station
Bugala Power Station is a biodiesel-fired thermal power plant located on Bugala Island, in Kalangala District, in the Ssese Islands Archipelago, on Lake Victoria, in south-central Uganda. Location The power station is located on Bugala Island, the largest island in the Ssese Islands Archipelago, in Kalangala District, in Lake Victoria, Africa's largest fresh-water lake, in Uganda's Central Region. This location is near the town of Kalangala, where the district headquarters are located, approximately nautical , by water, southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the mainland. Overview Bugala Power Station is integrated in design and construction with the palm oil processing plant owned by Bidco Oil Refineries Limited. Bidco owns a palm oil plantation on Bugala Island, where the power station is located. The oil processing factory crushes the palm oil fruits into crude palm oil. The residue is burned, generating heat, which is used to boil water, creating steam. The steam is used t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutoboka Central Forest Reserve
Lutoboka Central Forest Reserve is a protected area in Uganda's Eastern district of Kalangala District, Kalangala. The Lutoboka Forest Reserve is located in Kalangala Town Council on Bugala Island.Ssemugenyi. (2020, July 19). ''Kalangala loses 2,000 acres of forests in 2 years''. Monitor. Retrieved June 15, 2023, from https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/kalangala-loses-2-000-acres-of-forests-in-2-years-1881498 Setting and geography The forest reserve is located on Uganda's Ssese Islands and is home to a variety of plant and animal life, including trees, shrubs, herbs, birds, butterflies, and monkeys. Lutoboka forest reserve is also a popular tourist destination, offering visitors the opportunity to go for forest walks, bird watching, and primate viewing. The Lutoboka Forest Reserve is a moist evergreen forest at a medium elevation that is characterized by Piptadeniastrum and Uapaca species. The most important habitat for breeding birds is a narrow strip of tall tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
