Kimwanyi is a neighborhood in

Kira Municipality Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government. Location Kira town coun ...

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 ...

, in the Buganda Region of

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. Kimwanyi also refers to Kimwanyi Parish, in Kira sub-county, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District. It is one of the six parishes (wards) of Kira Municicipality, namely; Kimwanyi, Kira, Kyaliwajjala, Kireka, Bweyogerere and Kirinnya.

Location

Kimwanyi is in Kimwanyi Ward (Kimwanyi Parish), in northeastern

, in Central Uganda. It is approximately , by road, north of the central business district of

Kira Town Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government. Location Kira town council was elevated to Mun ...

. This is approximately , by road, northeast of downtown

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 Kimwanyi neighborhood is bordered by Nakweero to the north, Kijabijo to the northeast,

Kitukutwe Kitukutwe is a neighborhood in Kira Town, Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda. Location Kitukutwe is bordered by Nakasajja to the north, Kasaayi (in Mukono District) to the east, and Nsa ...

to the east, Kiwologoma to the southeast,

Bulindo Bulindo is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Bulindo is bordered by Nakweero to the north, Kitukutwe to the northeast, Kigulu to the east, Mulawa to the south, K ...

to the south,

Gayaza Gayaza is a town in Wakiso District in the Buganda Region of Uganda. Location Gayaza is in the North Kyaddondo Constituency, Kyaddondo County. The town is approximately , north-east of Kasangati, on the ''Kampala–Ziroobwe Road''. This is ...

to the west, and Manyangwa to the northwest. The coordinates of Kimwanyi are 0°27'12.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.453336; Longitude:32.634733). Kimwanyi sits at an average elevation of , above sea level.

Overview

Kimwanyi is a rural neighborhood. In 2001, a law was passed incorporating the village into the newly created

, the second-largest urban center in Uganda, with a population of 313,761 according to the 2014 national census. The neighborhood is the location of Kimwanyi Umea Primary School, an elementary school, administered by the Uganda Muslim Community. Also located there is the ''Namugongo Youth and Women Development Association'' (YWDAN), a

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

Population

In 2002, the national census estimated the population of Kira Municipality at 142,800. Kimwanyi Parish's population at the time was about 6,800 (approximately 5% of the total). In 2014, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), enumerated population of

Kira Kira may refer to: People * Kira clan, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) * Kira (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Kira Chikazane (1563–1588), Japanese retainer * Kira (German singer) (Janine ...

at 313,761. Given that data, it is estimated that the population of Kimwanyi Parish (Kimwanyi Ward) in 2014, was about 15,700.

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Project Report supported by Japan Water Forum Fund 2012
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