Luzira
Luzira is a suburb of Kampala, the capital of Uganda. It is best known for the country's main prison, Luzira Maximum Security Prison, which has seen significant redevelopment thanks to the work of African Prisons Project, a charity based in the UK and Kampala.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Butabika Hospital and Paragon Hospital.
Butabika Hospital
Hospital
Butabika National Referral Hospital, commonly known as Butabika Hospital is a hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is the mental health national referral hospital for the entire country's estimated population of 36 million in 2014.
Paragon Hospital
Hospital
Paragon Hospital is a private, upscale, for-profit hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It is one of the five upscale private tertiary care hospitals in the city. Paragon Hospital is situated 3 km northwest of Luzira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Bell and Butabika.
Port Bell
Suburb
Port Bell is a small industrial centre in the greater metropolitan Kampala area, in Uganda. Port Bell has a rail link and a railroad ferry wharf used for International traffic across Lake Victoria to Tanzania and Kenya.
Muyenga
Neighborhood
Muyenga is a hill in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The name also applies to the upscale community that sits on that hill. Muyenga is situated 4 km west of Luzira.
Luzira
- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in Central Uganda, Uganda
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Nakawa Division, Kampala Capital City, Kampala District, Central Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.29749° or 0° 17′ 51″ northLongitude
32.65282° or 32° 39′ 10″ eastElevation
1,153 metres (3,783 feet)Open location code
6GGJ7MW3+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 2229118215OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Luzira” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卢兹拉”
- Dutch: “Luzira”
- Persian: “لوزیرا”
- South Azerbaijani: “لوزیرا”
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