Kanungu
Kanungu is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the location of the district headquarters for Kanungu District.- Type: Town with 16,600 residents
- Description: town in Uganda
- Also known as: “Kanangu”, “Kinkizi”, and “Makiro”
Kanungu
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kinaaba, Kinkiizi, Kanungu District, Western Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-0.89697° or 0° 53′ 49″ south
Longitude
29.7755° or 29° 46′ 32″ east
Population
16,600
Elevation
1,551 metres (5,089 feet)
Open location code
6GFF4Q3G+66
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Zulu—“Kanungu” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կանունգու”
- Cebuano: “Kanungu”
- Chinese: “卡农古”
- Dutch: “Kanungu”
- Ganda: “Kanungu”
- Irish: “Kanungu”
- Italian: “Kanungu”
- Japanese: “カヌング”
- Low German: “Kanungu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanungu”
- Polish: “Kanungu”
- Romanian: “Kanungu”
- Russian: “Канунгу”
- Swahili: “Kanungu”
- Urdu: “کانونگو”
- Zulu: “Kanungu”
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Places to explore: Kanungu and Mashenga.
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Highlights: MAKIRO HC III and Kanungu Model Primary School.
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