Buwenge
Buwenge is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It was proposed as the headquarters of Jinja District in 2009 when local district leaders were lobbying government to grant Jinja city status.Buwenge
- Type: Town with 22,000 residents
- Description: place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Buwenge Town Council, Kagoma, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.64902° or 0° 38′ 57″ northLongitude
33.17062° or 33° 10′ 14″ eastPopulation
22,000Elevation
1,124 metres (3,688 feet)Open location code
6GGMJ5XC+J6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2229104438OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
233886Wikidata ID
Q5003228
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Zulu—“Buwenge” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buwenge”
- Dutch: “Buwenge”
- Fulah: “Buwenge”
- Ganda: “Buwenge”
- Irish: “Buwenge”
- Japanese: “バウェンジ”
- Polish: “Buwenge”
- Swahili: “Buwenge”
- Urdu: “بووینگے”
- Zulu: “Buwenge”
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