Butaleja
Butaleja is a town in Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the district headquarters and the main municipal, administrative and commercial center of Butaleja District. The district is named after the town.- Type: Town with 24,000 residents
- Description: place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda
- Also known as: “Butaleja, Uganda”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Busolwe.
Busolwe
Village
Busolwe is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Busolwe is situated 8 km southwest of Butaleja.
Butaleja
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Butaleja Town Council, Bunyole County, Butaleja District, Eastern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.91677° or 0° 55′ 0″ north
Longitude
33.96014° or 33° 57′ 37″ east
Population
24,000
Elevation
1,067 metres (3,501 feet)
Open location code
6GGMWX86+P3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Zulu—“Butaleja” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Butaleja”
- Galician: “Butaleja”
- Ganda: “Butaleja”
- German: “Butaleja”
- Irish: “Butaleja”
- Japanese: “ブタレジャ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Butaleja”
- Polish: “Butaleja”
- Romanian: “Butaleja”
- Swahili: “Butaleja”
- Urdu: “بوتالیجا”
- Zulu: “Butaleja”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Bambone and Nanyulu.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Butaleja District Courthouse and Nanyulu Primary School.
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