Jinja District
Butembe
Mafubira

Buwenda

Buwenda is a locality in , , and has an elevation of 1,175 metres. Buwenda is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Jinja Airport and Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station.

Aerodrome
is a small civilian and military airport in . It serves the town of in , Busoga, . It is adjacent to the of the Uganda People's Defence Force at , a suburb of Jinja. is situated 3 km southeast of Buwenda.

Dam
is a hydroelectric power station in , with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts. is situated 2½ km southeast of Buwenda.

Dam
Photo: Fredrick Onyango, CC BY 2.0.
Nalubaale Power Station, formerly known as Owen Falls Dam, is a hydroelectric power station across the White Nile near its source at in . Nalubaale is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria. is situated 3½ km southeast of Buwenda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buwenda and Jinja.

Village
is a small village in located in the district, close to the town of .

Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a city of 300,000 people in . The city is at the source of the Nile, and in Uganda more famously the source of Nile Beer. This is a popular destination for backpackers for its white water rafting.

Village
is a town in in the of . It is the seat of the Kingdom of Busoga, one of the four constitutional in Uganda, which is coterminous with the Busoga sub-region. is situated 7 km east of Buwenda.

Buwenda

Latitude
0.47084° or 0° 28′ 15″ north
Longitude
33.17236° or 33° 10′ 21″ east
Elevation
1,175 metres (3,855 feet)
Open location code
6GGMF5CC+8W
Geo­Names ID
233888
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