Kireka is a township in Central Uganda. It is one of the six townships or ''Wards'' that constitute

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 ...

. The other five ''Wards'' in Kira Municipality are Bweyogerere Ward, Kimwaanyi Ward, Kira Ward, Kirinnya Ward and Kyaliwajjala Ward.

Location

The township is bordered by

Kyaliwajjala Kyaliwajjala is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Central Uganda. Location Kyaliwajja is bordered by Namugongo to the northeast, Bweyogerere to the southeast, Naalya to the south, Najjera to the west an ...

to the north,

Bweyogerere Bweyogerere is one of the six townships or wards that constitute Kira Municipality in Wakiso District in southern central Uganda. The other five wards are Kimwaanyi, Kira, Kireka, Kirinnya and Kyaliwajjala. Location Bweyogerere is located on the ...

to the east,

Kirinnya Kirinnya, is one of the six administrative wards in Kira Municipality in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Kirinnya is located in Kirinnya Ward in south-eastern Kira Municipality. Kirinnya is approximately , by road, ...

to the south,

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to the west,

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and

Naalya Naalya is a township in Kira Town, Kira Municipality, in Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Uganda. Location Naalya is bordered by Kira Town, downtown Kira to the north, Kyaliwajjala and Namugongo to the northeast, Bweyogerere to the east, Ki ...

to the northwest. Kireka is situated on the Kampala-Jinja Highway, approximately , east of

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, Uganda's capital and largest city. The coordinates of the township are:00 20 48N, 32 39 00E (Latitude:0.346667; Longitude:32.650000).

Overview

Kireka is a busy township that grew out of a shopping center in the 1950s and 1960s. It is predominantly a working class city suburb with

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s, several

gas station A filling station (also known as a gas station [] or petrol station []) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel. Fuel dispensers are used to ...

s and a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

. There is a large central market where farmers bring their produce to sell to the city folk.

Population

During the 2002 national census, Kireka, at about 54,000 people, comprised 38.4% of the population of

. In 2011, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the population of

of which Kireka is a part, at 179,800. Therefore, it is estimated that in 2011, the population of Kireka Township was approximately 68,000.

Points of interest

The neighborhood of Kireka contains the following points of interest: * The Kireka-Namugongo Road - The road to the Uganda Martyrs' Basilica at

Namugongo Namugongo is a township in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda. Location Namugongo is in Kyaliwajjala, Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Town, Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately north-east of Uganda's capital Kampala. ...

leaves the Kampala-Jinja Highway at Kireka * A branch of

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* A branch of

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* A branch of

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* A branch of

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* A palace of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II; the ''Kireka Palace'' * Mandela National Stadium, the largest sports stadium in Uganda, with a maximum capacity of 45,000, lies in the neighboring neighborhood of

* Kireka Central Market * Kireka Seventh Day Adventist Church - A place of worship affiliated with the

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* Club Zinc - A nightclub dating back to the 1970s

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About Kireka

Night Life in Kireka
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