Kabale City is a

city A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

in the Western Region of

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. It is the main city of

Kabale District Kabale District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. Kabale hosts the district headquarters. It was originally part of Kigezi District, before the districts of Rukungiri, Kanungu, Kisoro, Rubanda and Rukiga were excised to form sepa ...

, and the district headquarters are located at Makanga hills. It is sometimes nicknamed "Kastone" as in the local

Rukiga Kiga (also called ''Rukiga'', ''Ruchiga'', or ''Chiga'') is a Great Lakes Bantu language of the Kiga people (''Bakiga''). Kiga is a similar and partially mutually intelligible with the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of ...

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 Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, ...

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

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 ...

, 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

Uganda Bureau of Statistics The Uganda Bureau of Statistics ("UBOS") is an agency of the Ugandan government. Formed by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics Act, 1998, the agency is mandated to "coordinate, monitor and supervise Uganda's National Statistical System". Locatio ...

(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

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, Uganda's

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Kabale University Kabale University (KAB) is a public university in Kabale, Kabale Municipality, Uganda. Location The main campus of KAB is located on Kikungiri Hill, in Kabale, Kabale Municipality, on of land donated by the Kabale District, Kabale District Admi ...

, a government university *

Kabale Airport Kabale Airport is an airstrip serving Kabale, a town in the Kabale District in the Western Region of Uganda. It is one of the 46 airports in the country. The public airport is about by road west of Kabale, on the Kabale-Kisoro Road. It is ap ...

, a civilian airport operated by Kabale Municipality * Kabale Campus of

Uganda Martyrs University Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) is a private University affiliated with the Roman Catholicism in Uganda, Roman Catholic Church in Uganda. The University is owned by the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Bishops of Uganda. It is licensed by the ...

* 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 African College of Commerce and Technology (abbreviated ACCT) is a private tertiary educational institution focusing on business, management, entrepreneurship, technical and information communication technology courses located in Kabale District, ...

, a private tertiary educational institution

Impressions of Kabale

Notable people

Augustus Nuwagaba Augustus Nuwagaba is the Deputy governor of the Central Bank of Uganda and an international consultant on economic transformation. He is a wealth creation expert in Africa. He has an MBA in application of central bank monetary policy on commer ...

, Social worker and academic *

Edith Mary Bataringaya Edith Mary Bataringaya (née Kaijuka; 1929–1977) was a Ugandan politician and activist. She was a co-founder of the Ugandan Women's Union and the Uganda Council of Women alongside Rhoda Kalema and Theresa Mbire. She was the wife of Basil Kii ...

, activist and politician *

Ruhakana Rugunda Ruhakana Rugunda (born 7 November 1947) is a Ugandan physician and politician who was Prime Minister of Uganda from 2014 to 2021. He held a long series of cabinet posts under President Yoweri Museveni beginning in 1986. He served as Uganda's M ...

- Prime Minister of Republic of Uganda *

Callistus Rubaramira Callistus Rubaramira (born 8 February 1950), is a Roman Catholic prelate, who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale, in Uganda. He was appointed bishop on 15 March 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Early life and education Rubaramira ...

- Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale () is a diocese located in the city of Kabale in the ecclesiastical province of Mbarara in Uganda. History * February 1, 1966: Established as Diocese of Kabale from Diocese of Mbarara Leadership * Bishops o ...

* 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
Kabale Faces Shortage of Clean Water
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