Rukungiri
Rukungiri is a town in Rukungiri District of the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the district headquarters.- Type: Town with 37,200 residents
- Description: place in Uganda
- Also known as: “Kinyasano” and “Rukungire”
Rukungiri
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Buyanja, Rubabo, Rukungiri District, Western Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.79111° or 0° 47′ 28″ south
Longitude
29.92487° or 29° 55′ 30″ east
Population
37,200
Elevation
1,575 metres (5,167 feet)
Open location code
6GFF6W5F+HW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Zulu—“Rukungiri” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Рукунгири”
- Cebuano: “Rukungiri”
- Chinese: “魯昆吉里”
- Dutch: “Rukungiri”
- French: “Rukungiri”
- Ganda: “Rukungiri”
- Irish: “Rukungiri”
- Italian: “Rukungiri”
- Japanese: “ルクンギリ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rukungiri”
- Persian: “روکونگیری”
- Polish: “Rukungiri”
- Romanian: “Rukungiri”
- Russian: “Рукунгири”
- Swahili: “Rukungiri”
- Urdu: “روکونگیری”
- Zulu: “Rukungiri”
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Highlights: United College Of Business and Rukungiri mosque.
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