Nateete is a location in the city 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 ...

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's capital.

Location

Nateete is located in

Lubaga Division Rubaga Division, also Lubaga Division, is one of the divisions that makes up the city of Kampala, Uganda. The division takes its name from Rubaga, where the division headquarters are located. Location Rubaga Division lies in the western part of ...

, on the southwestern edge of the city of

. It is bordered by Busega to the north, Lungujja to the northeast,

Lubaga Lubaga is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. The name comes from the Luganda word ''okubaga'', describing a process of "planning" or "strengthening" a structure while constructing it. For example, ''okubaga ekisenge'' means t ...

to the northeast, Ndeeba to the southeast,

Mutundwe Mutundwe is a neighborhood in the Kampala Capital City Authority, Kampala Division of Rubaga Division, Rubaga and Wakiso District, Wakiso Division of Makindye-Ssabagabo, Makindye Ssabagabo in Uganda. The name also refers to Mutundwe Hill, where ...

to the south and

Buloba Buloba is an urban area in Wakiso District in the Central Region, Uganda, Buganda Region of Uganda. The area is primarily a middle-class residential neighborhood. Location Buloba is on the Asphalt concrete, tarmacked Kampala–Mityana Road. It i ...

to the west. The road distance between Kampala's

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the Commerce, commercial and business center of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides wit ...

and Nateete is approximately .

Overview

Nateete lies on the main highway (A-109), between

and

Masaka Masaka is a city in the Central Region, Uganda, Buganda Region in Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District. Location Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The ...

. There is a major intersection in Nateete, where the highway to

Mityana Mityana is a town in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mityana District, as well as the location of the district headquarters. Location Mityana is approximatel ...

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and on to the

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splits off the highway to

Mbarara Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, ...

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and on to

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. At the same location, the Kampala ''Northern Bypass'', a double carriageway highway bypassing downtown Kampala, re-joins the highways to the

and the Congo, having split off the Kampala-Jinja Highway at Namboole, in Kira. Today, Nateete is a busy, growing metropolitan area with businesses, small industries, retail shops and a thriving farmers market. Many of Uganda's banking institutions maintain branches in the area due to the booming business in commercial and retail banking in the neighborhood. Uchumi, a leading supermarket chain in

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, maintains a branch in the neighborhood. Nateete is known for the pothole filled road spanning from Nateete-Kibuye rd all the way to Busega despite authorities' regular renovation efforts.

Prominent Structures in the town

* Nateete Business Center, the most iconic building in the town.

References

External links

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Location

Overview

Prominent Structures in the town

See also

References

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