Koome is an island in
Lake Victoria
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,
Uganda
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. The correct spelling that matches the phonetic pronunciation is with two "O"s.
Location
Koome Island is located in
Mukono District
Mukono is one of the districts in the Central Region of Uganda. The town of Mukono is home to the district's main commercial center and district headquarters.
Location
Mukono District is bordered by Kayunga District to the north, Jinja Dist ...
, in northwestern Lake Victoria, in Uganda. The island is separated to
Ssese Islands
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by the Koome Channel. Koome is the largest island in the northeastern group. Other islands in the same group include:
Damba Island,
Lwaje Island,
Ngamba-Chimpanzee Island,
Bulago Island,
Kayaga Island and others. This location lies approximately , by water, northeast of
Kalangala
Kalangala is a town in Kalangala District in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the headquarters of the district.
Location
Kalangala is on the northern shore of Bugala Island, the largest of the Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria. It is approxi ...
. Koome also lies approximately , by water, southeast of
Entebbe
Entebbe is a city in Central Uganda. Located on a Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962. The ...
, the nearest large town.
The coordinates of Koome Island are:00 05 06S, 32 45 00E (Latitude:-0.0850; Longitude:32.7500).
Urban areas
The largest urban area on the island is called Bugombe, located on the northwestern shore of the island. There is a health center on the island, Koome Health Center III, not far from Bugombe. In February 2011,
PostBank Uganda
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Before that, PostBank Uga ...
announced that they will soon open a brick and mortar branch on Koome Island.
PostBank Uganda Opens Branch In Koome
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Economic activities
The principal economic activity on Koome, as is the case with most adjacent islands in the Ssese Islands is fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques ...
. Nile Perch
The Nile perch (''Lates niloticus''), also known as the African snook, Goliath perch, African barramundi , Goliath barramundi, Giant lates or the Victoria perch, is a species of freshwater fish in family Latidae of order Perciformes. It is w ...
is the species primarily fished, with most of the catch processed on the mainland for export. Overfishing is a concern. Other economic activities include agriculture
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, both crop
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and animal husbandry, logging and tourism
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.
See also
* Ssese Islands
The Ssese Islands are an archipelago of eighty-four islands in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria in Uganda. The islands are coterminous with the Kalangala District in southern Central Uganda, which does not have any territory on mainland Ug ...
* Kalangala District
Kalangala, also known as Ssesse, is a district in Central Uganda. The district is coterminous with the Ssese Islands in Lake Victoria and does not have territory on mainland Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town' ...
* Lake Victoria
Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after ...
* Central Region, Uganda
The Buganda region is one of the four regions in the country of Uganda. As of Uganda's 2014 census, the region's population was . It is coterminous with the Kingdom of Buganda, one of the ancient African monarchies that are constitutionally ...
References
External links
Map of Koome Island At Google Maps
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Mukono District
Lake islands of Uganda
Islands of Lake Victoria