Kabale City is a

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in the Western Region of

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. It is the main city of Kabale District, and the district headquarters are located at Makanga hills. It is sometimes nicknamed "Kastone" as in the local Rukiga language, a "kabale" is a small stone.

Location

Kabale city, second largest city in the Western Region of Uganda, is located in the Kabale District of the

Kigezi sub-region Kigezi sub-region is a region in Western Uganda that consists of the following districts: * Kabale District * Kanungu District * Kisoro District * Rukungiri District The area covered by the above districts constituted the former Kigezi Dist ...

. It is about southwest of Mbarara, the largest city in the Western Region of Uganda. This is approximately , by road, southwest of

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, Uganda's capital and largest city. The town lies above

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with the coordinates: 01 15 00S, 29 59 24E (Latitude:-1.2500; 29.9900).

Climate

Population

In 1969, the national census that year enumerated 8,234 people in Kabale City. According to the national census of 1980, that population had grown to 21,469. In 1991, the census that year enumerated 29,246 inhabitants. In the 2002 national census, Kabale had 41,344 residents. The 2014 national census and household survey enumerated 49,186 people. In 2020, the

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(UBOS) estimated the mid-year population if the town at 53,200. UBOS calculated that the population of Kabale city, grew at an average rate of 1.36 percent, annually, between 2014 and 2020.

Points of interest

The other points of interest within the town limits or close to the edges of town include the following: * headquarters of Kabale District Administration * offices of Kabale City Council * Kabale Regional Referral Hospital, a 250-bed public hospital administered by the

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* branch of the National Social Security Fund * Kabale Currency Centre, a currency storage and processing facility owned and operated by the Bank of Uganda, Uganda's

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* Kabale University, a government university * Kabale Airport, a civilian airport operated by Kabale Municipality * Kabale Campus of Uganda Martyrs University * Kabale Golf Course * Rugarama Hospital 200 patient bed capacity Church of Uganda founded general Hospital * Rushoroza Hospital - 200 Patients bed capacity, manageged by the Catholic Church * Rushoroza Cathedral - seat of the Catholic diocese of Kabale, found in Kabale City *Radio Maria Uganda - Kabale Station, located on Rushoroza Hill * St Mary's College Rushoroza - Kabale, founded by the Catholic church * St Paul's Seminary Rushoroza - founded by the Catholic church * African College of Commerce and Technology, a private tertiary educational institution

Impressions of Kabale

Notable people

* Augustus Nuwagaba, Social worker and academic * Edith Mary Bataringaya, activist and politician * Ruhakana Rugunda - Prime Minister of Republic of Uganda * Callistus Rubaramira - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale * Ezra Suruma - Economist & Academic

References

External links

Lake Bunyonyi & Kabale in Your Pocket
- A free downloadable booklet about

Lake Bunyonyi Lake Bunyonyi ("Place of many little birds") is in south-western Uganda between Kisoro and Kabale, close to the border with Rwanda. The lake appeared from 2004 to 2009 on the Ugandan shilling, USh note under the title "Lake Bunyonyi and t ...

and Kabale
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