Kasubi is a hill in

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's capital and largest city.

Location

Kasubi is bordered by

Kawaala Kawaala is a neighborhood within Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Location Kawaala is bordered by Nabweru to the north, Kazo to the northeast, Makerere to the east, nsanze to the south, Kasubi to the southwest, and Namungoona to ...

to the north,

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to the east,

Naakulabye Naakulabye, also Nakulabye, is a neighborhood within the city of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. Location Naakulabye is located in Lubaga Division, in northwestern Kampala. It is bordered by Makerere Kikoni to the north, Makerer ...

to the southeast, Lusaze to the southwest, Lubya to the west, and

Namungoona Namungoona is a neighborhood within Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Location Namungoona is bordered by unincorporated Wakiso District to the west, northwest and to the north, the Kampala–Hoima Road and Kawaala to the east, Kasu ...

to the northwest. The hill is approximately , by road, northwest of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Kasubi are 0°19'52.0"N, 32°33'20.0"E (Latitude:0.331115; Longitude:32.55555632).

History

Before 1856, Kasubi Hill was known as Nabulagala. Sometime after that date,

Muteesa I of Buganda Muteesa I Mukaabya Walugembe Kayiira (c. 1837–9 October 1884) was the 30th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, from 1856 until 1884. Biography He was born at the Batandabezaala Palace, at Mulago, in 1837. He was the son of Kabaka Ssuuna II K ...

, having met misfortune at Banda Hill, where he had built his first palace, relocated to Nabulagala. He renamed the hill Kasubi, after the ancestral village of his mother, located in then Kyaggwe County, what today is known as

Mukono District Mukono is one of the districts in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mukono serves as the district headquarters and is home to the district's main commercial center. Location Mukono District is bordered by Kayunga District to the nort ...

. Today, Buganda traditionalists refer to the place interchangeably as Kasubi or Nabulagala or Kasubi-Nabulagala. After his death in 1884, Kabaka Muteesa I was buried at Kasubi, the first Kabaka to be buried there. Since then, Kasubi has become the official royal burial site of the Buganda monarchy. The Kasubi Royal Tombs are recognized as a

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and are of very high significance in the culture of the

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Overview

Kasubi Hill is a royal cultural site of the Kingdom of Buganda, one of the constitutional traditional monarchies in 21st century Uganda.

Landmarks

The most significant landmark on Kasubi Hill are the Kasubi Royal Tombs, the official burial place of the Kings of Buganda. As of June 2014, four consecutive Kings of Buganda are buried at Kasubi: * Muteesa I of Buganda in 1884. *

Mwanga II of Buganda Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwanga II Mukasa (3 June 1868 – 8 May 1903)D. A. Low''Fabrication of Empire: The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902'' Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 210, note 196. was the 31st Kabaka of Buganda, Kabaka of ...

, died in exile in 1903, re-buried at Kasubi in 1910. *

Daudi Cwa II of Buganda Daudi Cwa II was the 34th Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda who ruled from 1897, when he was an infant, until his death in 1939. Life He was born on 8 August 1896, at Mengo Palace. He was the fifth son of Kabaka Danieri Basammula-Ekkere Mwan ...

in 1939. *

Muteesa II of Buganda Sir Edward Frederick William David Walugembe Mutebi Luwangula Mutesa II (19 November 1924 – 21 November 1969) was a Ugandan royal and statesman who served as the first president of Uganda from 1962 to 1966, when he was overthrown by Milton O ...

, died in exile in 1969, re-buried at Kasubi in 1971.

Other points of interest

Other points of interest in the neighborhood include: * Kasubi Medical Clinic, a community health clinic operated by Hope Medical Clinics Uganda Limited, a Ugandan charitable organization, founded by two United States

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. * branch of

Pride Microfinance Limited Pride Bank Limited, is a Tier II credit institution in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator. Overview , the institution's total assets were valued at UGX:455,557,125,000 (approx. US$125.5 ...

* Kasubi central market *

Kampala–Hoima Road The Kampala–Hoima Road is a road in the Central and Western regions of Uganda, connecting the cities of Kampala Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) an ...

, passes through the neighborhood in a general north-south direction.

References

External links

Japan Adds Tafaali On Kasubi Roofing

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