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Naalya
Naalya is a township in Kira Town, Kira Municipality, in Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Uganda. Location Naalya is bordered by Kira Town, downtown Kira to the north, Kyaliwajjala and Namugongo to the northeast, Bweyogerere to the east, Kireka to the southeast, Banda, Uganda, Banda to the south and Kiwaatule to the west and Najjera to the northwest. Naalya is located approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala's central business district From Kampala, one can either follow the Kampala-Jinja Highway eastwards for to Kireka, turn north and travel another to Naalya. Alternatively, one can follow the Kampala Northern Bypass Highway, proceeding eastwards through Bukoto, Kiwaatule until one arrives at Naalya. Overview In the 21st century, Naalya is developing into a middle class residential neighborhood with high-rise apartment complexes and modest residential bungalows. The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway traverses the township as it courses its way from Bweyogerere to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampala Northern Bypass Highway
The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway, often referred to as the Northern Bypass, is a road in Uganda. It forms a semicircle across the northern suburbs of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, capital and largest city. The road was constructed to relieve traffic congestion within the city center, allowing cross-country traffic to bypass the city's downtown area. Location The bypass stretches from Namboole, approximately to the east of downtown Kampala. The highway winds through the suburbs of Naalya, Kiwaatule, Kulambiro, Kigoowa, Kisaasi, Bukoto, Mulago, Makerere, Bwaise, Kawaala, and Namungoona, to end at Busega, approximately west of the city. The highway measures approximately in length. The coordinates of the road at its northernmost point are . Overview The bypass opened to traffic on 1 October 2009. Constructed between 2004 and 2009, the bypass is about long. The project was funded by the European Union and the Uganda government. Expansion In August 2012, Ugandan pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyaliwajjala
Kyaliwajjala is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Central Uganda. Location Kyaliwajja is bordered by Namugongo to the northeast, Bweyogerere to the southeast, Naalya to the south, Najjera to the west and Downtown Kira to the northwest. This location lies approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in the country. The coordinates of Kyaliwajjala are:0°22'48.0"N 32°38'47.0"E (Latitude:0.380000; Longitude:32.646389). Overview In the 1960s and 1980s, Kyaliwajjala was a trading center at a road intersection. During the 21st Century it has developed into a bustling urban center with banks, retail shops, gasoline stations, pharmacies and hardware stores. The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway passes through Naalya, to the south of the neighborhood. Population During the 2002 national population census, the population of Kyaliwajjala was estimated at 16,200 or 11.5% of the total population of Kira. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namugongo
Namugongo is a township in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda. Location Namugongo is in Kyaliwajjala, Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Town, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately north-east of Uganda's capital Kampala. The township is bordered by Nsasa to the north, Sonde, Uganda, Sonde and Bukeerere to the east, Bweyogerere to the south-east, Naalya and Kireka directly to the south, Kyaliwajjala to the south-west, and central Kira, Uganda, Kira to the west and north-west. The coordinates of Namuwongo, Namugongo are 0°23'43.0"N, 32°39'57.0"E (Latitude:0.395289; Longitude: 32.665835). Uganda Martyrs On 3 June 1886, 32 young men, pages of the court of King Mwanga II of Buganda, were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity. They were Anglican and Catholic Church, Catholic. Annually on 3 June, Christians from Uganda and other parts of the world congregate at Namugongo to commemorate the lives and religious beliefs of the Uga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Housing And Construction Company
National Housing and Construction Company Limited (NHCC), is a Ugandan construction and real estate management company, partly owned by the Uganda Government. The Company’s mandate is to increase the housing stock in the country, rehabilitate the housing industry and encourage Ugandans to own homes in an organized environment. History NHCC was established by the National Housing Corporation Act of 1964, as a government parastatal. The Act was repealed by the 1974 Decree to form the National Housing and Construction Corporation. In July 2002, the corporation became a public limited liability company known as the National Housing and Construction Company Limited. Later, the Uganda government partially divested from NHCC by selling 49 percent shareholding to the Libyan African Investment Company, an investment company owned by the government of Libya. or is it? Ownership As of October 2016, the shareholding in the stock of NHCC was as depicted in the table below: In August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiwaatule
Kiwaatule is a township within the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. Location Kiwaatule is bordered by Najjera to the north, Naalya to the east, Banda to the south, Ntinda to the south-west, Kigoowa to the west, and Kulambiro to the north-west. It is approximately , by road, north-east of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Kiwaatule are 0°21'56.0"N, 32°37'31.0"E (Latitude:0.365556; Longitude:32.625275). Overview Kiwatule is mainly a middle class residential neighborhood with a smattering of commercial establishments. The Kampala Northern Bypass Highway traverses the neighborhood. The People's Progressive Party, one of the political parties in Uganda, maintains its headquarters at Kiwaatule. Points of interest The following additional points of interest are located in or near Kiwaatule: * Sunset Apartment Complex - A condominium and apartment development by National Housing and Construction Company See also * Kyambogo * Nakawa Division Nakawa Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kireka
Kireka is a township in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda. It is one of the six townships or ''Wards'' that constitute Kira Town, Kira Municipality in Wakiso District. The other five ''Wards'' in Kira Municipality are Bweyogerere, Bweyogerere Ward, Kimwaanyi Ward, Kira Town, Kira Ward, Kirinnya, Kirinnya Ward and Kyaliwajjala, Kyaliwajjala Ward. Location The township is bordered by Kyaliwajjala to the north, Bweyogerere to the east, Kirinnya to the south, Banda, Uganda, Banda to the west, Kyambogo and Naalya to the northwest. Kireka is situated on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately , east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the township are:00 20 48N, 32 39 00E (Latitude:0.346667; Longitude:32.650000). Overview Kireka is a busy township that grew out of a shopping center in the 1950s and 1960s. It is predominantly a working class city suburb with retailing, shops, restaurants, Internet cafes, banks, several gas stations and a post office. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda Martyrs
The Uganda Martyrs are a group of 22 Catholic Church, Catholic and 23 Anglicanism, Anglican converts to Christianity in the History of Buganda, kingdom of Buganda, now part of Uganda, who were executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887. They were killed on orders of Mwanga II of Buganda, Mwanga II, the ''Kabaka of Buganda, Kabaka'' (King) of Buganda. The deaths took place at a time when there was a three-way religious struggle for political influence at the Buganda royal court. The episode also occurred against the backdrop of the "Scramble for Africa" – the invasion, occupation, division, colonization and annexation of African territory by European powers. A few years after, the English Church Missionary Society used the deaths to enlist wider public support for the British acquisition of Uganda for the British Empire, Empire. The Catholic Church beatification, beatified the 22 Catholic Uganda martyrs of its faith in 1920 and they were canonization, canonized in 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukoto
Bukoto is a township within the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area. Location Bukoto is bordered by Kisaasi to the north, Kigoowa to the north-east, Ntinda to the east, Naguru to the south-east, Kololo to the south, Kamwookya to the west, and Kyebando to the north-west. This location is approximately , by road, north-east of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Bukoto are 0°21'14.0"N, 32°35'47.0"E (Latitude:0.353889; Longitude:32.596389). Points of interest The following points of interest lie inside or near Bukoto: * The main branch of Pride Microfinance Limited, a Tier III Financial Institution, is located in Bukoto. * Watoto Church - An orphanage and place of worship affiliated with the Pentecostal Church Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Business District
A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city centre" or "downtown". However, these concepts are not necessarily synonymous: many cities have a central ''business'' district located away from its traditional city center, and there may be multiple CBDs within a single urban area. The CBD will often be highly accessible and have a large variety and concentration of specialised goods and services compared to other parts of the city. Midtown Manhattan is the world's largest central business district. In the City of London, the largest concentration of economic output in the world is held there, with many headquarters of major financial and law firms being based in the City. In Chicago, the Chicago Loop is the second-largest central business district in the United States. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najjera
Najjera, sometimes spelled as Najjeera is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. Location Najjeera is a component of Kira Municipality, the second largest urban center in Uganda, behind the capital city of Kampala, according to the 2014 national population census. The neighborhood lies adjacent to Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. Najjera lies approximately , by road, northeast of the central business district of Kampala. Downtown Kira lies to the north and east of Najjera, Ntinda, lies to the south, Kigoowa to the southwest, Kulambiro to the west and Komamboga to the northwest. The coordinates of Najjera are:+0° 22' 48.00"N, +32° 37' 30.00"E (Latitude:0.3800; Longitude:32.6250). Overview Najjera is a bedroom community for the city of Kampala. Lying between the central business districts Uganda's two largest urban centers; Kampala and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banda, Uganda
Banda is a hill that lies in Nakawa Division, within Kampala, the capital of Uganda. Banda also refers to the neighborhoods on the slopes of the hill and between Banda Hill and Kireka, extending all the way to the Kampala-Jinja Highway. The southwestern slopes of the hill are occupied by the neighbourhood known as Kyambogo, and is the location of the campus of Kyambogo University, one of the nine public universities in the country. Location Banda is bordered by Kiwaatule to the north, Kireka to the east, Kinnawattaka to the southeast, Mbuya to the south, Nakawa to the southwest, Ntinda to the west and northwest. The location of the hill is approximately , by road, east of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Banda Hill are:0°21'14.0"N, 32°37'57.0"E (Latitude:0.353889; Longitude:32.632500). History The full name of Banda is Bandabalogo. Prior to the arrival of the Europeans, Kabaka Muteesa I Mukaabya Walugembe Kayiira, the 30th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
