Ziroobwe is a town in

Luweero District Luweero District (also spelled as Luwero) is a Districts of Uganda, district in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda. Luweero is the site of the district headquarters. Location Luweero District is bordered by Nakasongola District ...

in the Central Region of

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

. The correct phonetic spelling in the native

Luganda Ganda or Luganda ( ; ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 5.56 million Ganda people, Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda, includ ...

language is "Ziroobwe".

Location

Ziroobwe is approximately , by road, north 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 ...

, Uganda's capital and largest city. This is approximately , by road, southeast of

Luweero Luweero is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Luweero District. History In 1982, in the Ugandan Civil War, Milton Obote's soldiers raided their village, from Kampala. Lo ...

, the site of the district headquarters.

Population

In August 2012, the night-time population of the town was estimated at 5,000, swelling to an estimated 7,000 during working days.

Points of interest

The following additional points of interest are found in or near the town of Ziroobwe: The town hosts (a) the headquarters of ''Ziroobwe sub-county'', an administrative until in

(b) Ziroobwe Central Market and (c) the offices of Ziroobwe Town Council. The

Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road is a road in central Uganda, connecting the towns of Gayaza in Wakiso District and Ziroobwe in Luweero District. Location The road starts at Gayaza and proceeds northeastwards, going through Namulonge, Busiika, and Buge ...

, ends here. This road connects

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 ...

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 ...

to Ziroobwe in Luweero District. The Ziroobwe–Wobulenzi Road starts here and ends at Wobulenzi, about to the west, on the Kampala–Gulu Highway. The main campus of Bugema University is located about , by road, south of Ziroobwe on the Gayaza-Ziroobwe Road.

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{{Luweero District Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley Luweero District

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