Kakira
Kakira is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the location of the International headquarters of the Madhvani Group.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kakira Thermal Power Station and Busoga College.
Kakira Thermal Power Station
Power station
Kakira Power Station is a 52 megawatt bagasse-fired thermal power plant in the town of Kakira in Jinja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda.
Busoga College
School
Busoga College Mwiri, is a boarding secondary school located in the eastern region of Uganda, specifically Jinja.… Busoga College is situated 2½ km southwest of Kakira.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wairaka and Bugembe.
Wairaka
Town
Wairaka is a settlement in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Wairaka is situated 4½ km southwest of Kakira.
Bugembe
Village
Bugembe is a town in Jinja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the seat of the Kingdom of Busoga, one of the four constitutional in Uganda, which is coterminous with the Busoga sub-region. Bugembe is situated 7 km southwest of Kakira.
Kakira
- Type: Town with 35,800 residents
- Description: place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kakira Town Council, Butembe, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.50833° or 0° 30′ 30″ northLongitude
33.28778° or 33° 17′ 16″ eastPopulation
35,800Elevation
1,186 metres (3,891 feet)Open location code
6GGMG75Q+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 2229110348OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
232661Wikidata ID
Q6349469
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Zulu—“Kakira” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kakira”
- Fulah: “Kakira”
- Ganda: “Kakira”
- Irish: “Kakira”
- Japanese: “カキラ”
- Polish: “Kakira”
- Swahili: “Kakira”
- Urdu: “کاکیرا”
- Zulu: “Kakira”
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