Kyengera
Place in Central Region, Uganda
00°17′46″N 32°30′19″E / 0.29611°N 32.50528°E / 0.29611; 32.50528Kyengera is a town in the Central Region of Uganda. It is one of the urban centers in Wakiso District.[1]
As of 2014, the town has a population of 198.
Location
The town is on the tarmacked, all-weather Kampala-Masaka Highway. Kyengera is approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi), by road, south-west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[2] The coordinates of the town are 0°17'46.0"N, 32°30'19.0"E (Latitude:0.296112; Longitude:32.505275).[3]
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or near the edges of town:
- Offices of Kyengera Town Council.
- Kyengera Mall, the newest and most iconic storeyed mall in town
- Mugwanya Summit College (Secondary School)
- Kabojja Campus of Islamic University in Uganda, which admits only females, is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of Kyengera.
- Kyengera is the first urban centre enroute Southwest upon exiting both the Northern Bypass and Entebbe Airport Expressway, whose interchange is Busega Roundabout in Busega - Located on the edge of Kampala city, about (2.5 miles) north of Kyengera. The roundabout is the western endpoint of the Kampala Northern Bypass Highway and is the northern endpoint of the Entebbe-Kampala Expressway[4]
- Kyengera Police Station - An establishment of the Uganda National Police
- King's College Budo- a school founded in 1905 to educate Uganda's aristocrats
- Trinity College Nabbingo- one of the best known Catholic girls schools in Uganda
- St Mark's Church Nsangi opened in the 1930s
- Nsangi Primary School opened in 1913
- Kalema's Kkomera where dozens of Buganda royals were incarcerated in the 1890s by King Abdul Kalema
- Naggalabi Buddo site where Buganda coronations have been held since the 1500s
- Mugwanya Preparatory School that was founded by the Brothers of Christian Instruction
- Nalumunye Housing Estate
- Majority of villages in Kyengera have very poor phone network on both MTN and Airtel lines
References
- ^ "Profile of Wakiso District". Uganda Travel Guide. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Map Showing Kampala And Kyengera With Distance Marker". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Location of Kyengera At Google Maps" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Kampala-Entebbe Highway On Track, Chinese Want To Build Railway Line". New Vision. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
External links
- Kyengera, A Place That Never Sleeps
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Capital: Wakiso
sub-counties
- Kyaddondo County
- Busiro County
- Akright City
- Abayita Ababiri
- Banda
- Banga
- Buddo
- Bulindo
- Buloba
- Entebbe
- Kabojja
- Kira
- Kigo
- Bweyogerere
- Kireka
- Kirinnya
- Namugongo
- Kasangati
- Katalemwa
- Kigulu
- Kyaliwajjala
- Mbalwa
- Mulawa
- Gayaza
- Gombe
- Luteete
- Nakweero
- Magere
- Matugga
- Wakiso
- Kakiri
- Kiwologoma
- Nansana
- Kajjansi
- Sentema
- Lubowa
- Lweeza
- Namulonge
- Naalya
- Najjera
- Namanve
- Nsangi
- Nsasa
- Kyengera
- Nabbingo
- Kawanda
- Kisubi
- Lugonjo
- Kitikifumba
- Kijabijo
- Kimwanyi
- Kitukutwe
- Masulita
- Maya
- Ssabagabo
- Wampeewo
- Zana
- Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel
- Imperial Resort Beach Hotel
- Imperial Golf View Hotel
- Lake Victoria Serena Resort
- Nexus Resorts Hotel
- Old Entebbe Town
- Entebbe Botanical Gardens
- State House Entebbe
- Lake Victoria
- Lubigi Wetland
- Kasubi Tombs
- Mandela National Stadium
- Kireka Kabaka's Palace
- Bulago Resort Island
- Ngamba Island
- Entebbe International Airport
- Basilica of the Uganda Martyrs, Namugongo
- Bukasa Inland Port
- Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
- Entebbe International Airport
- Kajjansi Airport
- Namulonge Airport
- Aerolink Uganda
- Air Serv Limited
- Uganda Airlines
- Tondeka Metro Bus Service
- Entebbe–Kampala Expressway
- Kampala–Entebbe Road
- Kampala Northern Bypass Highway
- Kampala Southern Bypass Highway
- Kampala–Jinja Highway
- Kampala–Jinja Expressway
- Kampala Southern Bypass Highway
- Gayaza–Ziroobwe Road
- Matugga–Kapeeka Road
- Namugongo Ring Road
- Kampala–Gayaza Road
- Kampala Outer Beltway
- Kampala–Bombo Expressway
- Kampala–Busunju Expressway
- Kampala–Mityana Road
- Kampala–Mpigi Expressway
- Kampala–Masaka Road
- Kampala–Hoima Road
- Kyaliwajjala–Kira–Kasangati–Matugga Road
- CoRSU Rehabilitation Hospital
- Entebbe Children's Surgical Hospital
- Kisubi Hospital
- Entebbe General Hospital
- Entebbe Military Hospital
- International Specialized Hospital of Uganda
- Makerere University Teaching Hospital
- Mpererwe Hospital
- Kasangati Health Centre IV
- Katabi UPDAF Health Centre III
- Uro Care Hospital
- Uganda National Medical Stores
- Gilbert Bukenya
- Christopher Evans Kaweesi
- Herman Kasekende
- Louis Kasekende
- Samson Kisekka
- Luwagga Kizito
- Apolo Nsibambi
- Glaydah Namukasa
- Martin Ondeko
- Julia Sebutinde
- Hakim Sendagire
- Rosemary Seninde
- Nelson Sewankambo
- Israel Kibirige Ssebunya
- Arthur Sserwanga
- Dennis Galabuzi Ssozi
- Rosemary Tumusiime
- Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu
00°17′46″N 32°30′19″E / 0.29611°N 32.50528°E / 0.29611; 32.50528