Kitikifumba 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 ...

, Kyaddondo County,

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 Central Region of Uganda.

Location

Kitikifumba is bordered by

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 east, Mulawa to the southeast, downtown Kira to the south, the village of Seeta to the west, Namavundu to the north-west, and

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 north. This is approximately , by road, northwest of downtown Kira, where the town council offices are located. Kitikifumba is approximately , by road, north-east 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 ...

, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of Kitikifumba are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.634722).

Overview

Up until the 1990s, Kitikifumba and neighboring

were villages with scattered low income residences and

subsistence A subsistence economy is an economy directed to basic subsistence (the provision of food, clothing and shelter) rather than to the market. Definition "Subsistence" is understood as supporting oneself and family at a minimum level. Basic subsiste ...

farms. In 2001, the village was incorporated into

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 ...

, the second-largest urban center in Uganda with a population of 313,761, according to the August 2014 national census. During the 21st century, it has developed into an upper middle-class residential neighborhood with scattered business locations among the residences. In 2011, the

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

opened the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, which had been relocated from Kampala. The college, built at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion at that time), has a capacity of 450 student-teachers. During the construction, the Shimoni student-teachers were accommodated at Nyondo Teacher Training College in

Mbale Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region. Location Mbale is approximately northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capital city, on ...

. The teacher training college opened in January 2011. In January 2018, Shimoni Demonstration School, the teaching school for the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, was opened at Kitikifumba, adjacent to the college.

References

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Uganda: Teachers College At Kira to Be Ready in June
{{Wakiso District Kira Town Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley

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