Wakiso District
Kyadondo
Kira Town Council

Kira Town

Kira Town, a municipality in the of the of , is the country's second most populous city. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.
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  • Type: City with 314,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda
  • Also known as: “Kiira”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shimoni Primary Teachers College.

School
is a public college that trains primary school teachers in . The college has an attached primary school, Shimoni Demonstration School, where the trainee teachers practice and sharpen their teaching skills.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kasangati and Kyaliwajjala.

Town
is a town in Nangabo sub-county, kyadondo East constituency in the of . It also serves as the headquarters for Kyadondo County. The town is multi-lingual and is a "melting pot" of diverse cultures.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, , in .

Suburb
Photo: Jim Joel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a township in . It is one of the six townships or Wards that constitute Kira Municipality in . The other five Wards in Kira Municipality are , Kimwaanyi Ward, Kira Ward, and .

Kira Town

Latitude
0.4003° or 0° 24′ 1″ north
Longitude
32.6392° or 32° 38′ 21″ east
Population
314,000
Elevation
1,168 metres (3,832 feet)
Open location code
6GGJCJ2Q+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2163191058
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
231165
Wiki­data ID
Q966819
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Kira Town” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيرا”
  • Armenian: “Կիրա (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Կիրա”
  • Asturian: “Kira Town”
  • Basque: “Kira”
  • Belarusian: “Кіра”
  • Bengali: “কিরা টাউন”
  • Chinese: “基拉镇”
  • Croatian: “Kira”
  • Danish: “Kira Town”
  • Dutch: “Kira Town”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيرا”
  • Finnish: “Kira Town”
  • French: “Kira”
  • Ganda: “Kira, Yuganda”
  • Ganda: “Kira”
  • Georgian: “კირა”
  • German: “Kira Town”
  • Greek: “Κίρα”
  • Gujarati: “કિરા નગર”
  • Hebrew: “קירה טאון”
  • Hindi: “कीरा”
  • Indonesian: “Kira Town”
  • Irish: “Kira Town”
  • Italian: “Kira”
  • Japanese: “キラ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Kira”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿರಾ ಟೌನ್”
  • Korean: “키라”
  • Latvian: “Kira”
  • Lithuanian: “Kira”
  • Malay: “Kira Town”
  • Maori: “Kira”
  • Marathi: “किरा नगर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kira By”
  • Polish: “Kira”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Kira”
  • Portuguese: “Kira”
  • Russian: “Кира”
  • Serbian: “Кира”
  • Sinhala: “කිරා නගරය”
  • Spanish: “Kira”
  • Swahili: “Kira, Uganda”
  • Swahili: “Kira”
  • Swedish: “Kira, Uganda”
  • Swedish: “Kira”
  • Tamil: “கிரா நகரம்”
  • Telugu: “కీరా పట్టణం”
  • Thai: “คิระ ทาวส์”
  • Turkish: “Kira, Uganda”
  • Turkish: “Kira”
  • Ukrainian: “Кіра-Таун”
  • Urdu: “کیرا ٹاؤن”
  • Venetian: “Kira”
  • Vietnamese: “Kira Town”
  • Vietnamese: “Kira, Uganda”
  • Vietnamese: “Kira”
  • Zulu: “Kira, Idolobha”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kira Health centre lll and Kira Municipal Council Headquarters.

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