Namirembe Hill
Namirembe is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is also a common name given to girls in several Baganda clans. Namirembe comes from the Luganda word "mirembe" meaning peace.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: place in Central Region, Uganda
- Also known as: “Namirembe” and “Namirembe hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Uganda and Namirembe Cathedral.
Church of Uganda
Office
Photo: Enoch Kazibwe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Uganda is a member province of the Anglican Communion. Currently, there are 39 dioceses that make up the Church of Uganda, each headed by a bishop.
Namirembe Cathedral
Church
Photo: Timothy Akolamazima, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Paul's Cathedral Namirembe, commonly and locally referred to as Namirembe Cathedral, is the oldest Anglican cathedral in Uganda. It serves as the provincial cathedral of the Anglican Church of Uganda and the diocesan cathedral for Namirembe Diocese, the first diocese to be founded in the Church of Uganda province in 1890.
Mengo Hospital
Hospital
Mengo Hospital, also known as Namirembe Hospital, is a private, faith-based, community, teaching hospital in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kampala Hill and Kasubi hill.
Kampala Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kampala Hill, commonly referred to as Old Kampala, is a hill in the centre of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
Makerere
Suburb
Makerere is a neighborhood in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The name also applies to the hill on which this neighborhood is perched; one of the original seven hills that constituted Kampala at the time of its founding, in the early 1900s.
Namirembe Hill
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Central Division, Kampala Capital City, Kampala District, Central Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.31815° or 0° 19′ 5″ northLongitude
32.55921° or 32° 33′ 33″ eastElevation
1,266 metres (4,154 feet)Open location code
6GGJ8H95+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 2100041821OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Namirembe Church Police Post and Uganda Art Gallery.
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