Buddo, sometimes spelled as Budo, is a hill in

Wakiso District Wakiso District is a Districts of Uganda, district in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira Town, Kira, the count ...

, Central Uganda. Phonetically, Buddo is the correct spelling in

Luganda Ganda or Luganda ( ; ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 5.56 million Ganda people, Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda, includ ...

, the native language of the local area.

Location

Buddo is located in Busiro County, Wakiso District, off of the

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...

Masaka Masaka is a city in the Central Region, Uganda, Buganda Region in Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The ...

Highway, approximately by road southwest of

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 ...

's capital and largest city.Road Distance Between Kampala and Buddo with Map
/ref>

Overview

With a peak at above sea level, Buddo is an important hill in the environs of Kampala. It carries cultural and academic significance. The cultural coronation site, where the

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 othe ...

is enthroned in a traditional ceremony is located on Buddo Hill and is known as Naggalabi Buddo. The hill is also the location of several elementary, middle and high schools, including Kings College Budo, a prestigious mixed boarding high school, attended by

Buganda Buganda is a Bantu peoples, Bantu kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Baganda, Baganda people, Buganda is the largest of the List of current non-sovereign African monarchs, traditional kingdoms in present-day East Africa, consisting of Ug ...

's Kings starting with Captain Sir Daudi Chwa II, the thirty-fourth (34th)

Kabaka Kabaka is the title of the king of the 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 s ...

of the Kingdom of Buganda, who reigned between 1897 and 1939.

Landmarks

Buddo contains the following landmarks: * Kings College Budo - A prestigious mixed boarding high school * Budo junior school * Budo Senior Secondary School - A mixed non-residential high school * Kisozi High School Buddo * Naggalabi Buddo - The site where the

is enthroned in a traditional ceremony. * Matutu Memorial Primary School * St. Jude Primary School * Abatec Islamic School

External links

Challenges and Constraints to Planning and Development in Kampala

References

{{coord, 00, 15, 22, N, 32, 29, 10, E, display=title Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Wakiso District Buganda

Location

Overview

Landmarks

External links

See also

References