Buikwe
Buikwe, sometimes spelled Buyikwe, is a town in Buikwe District, Uganda. It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters.
Photo: Tholo, Public domain.- Type: Village with 18,500 residents
- Description: town in Central Region, Uganda
- Also known as: “Buikwe Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights: St. Charles Lwanga Buikwe Hospital.
Buikwe
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Buikwe Town Council, Buikwe, Buikwe District, Central Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.34387° or 0° 20′ 38″ north
Longitude
33.03021° or 33° 1′ 49″ east
Population
18,500
Elevation
1,230 metres (4,035 feet)
Open location code
6GGM82VJ+G3
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Zulu—“Buikwe” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布伊奎”
- Chinese: “布伊奎区”
- Chinese: “布伊奎區”
- Dutch: “Buikwe”
- Galician: “Buikwe”
- Ganda: “Buikwe”
- Irish: “Buikwe”
- Japanese: “ブイクウェ”
- Korean: “부이퀘”
- Malayalam: “ബുയിക്വെ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Buikwe”
- Polish: “Buikwe”
- Russian: “Буйкве”
- Swahili: “Buikwe”
- Urdu: “بویکوے”
- Uzbek: “Buikwe”
- Zulu: “Buikwe”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Kyamabaale and Lweru C.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Buikwe Muslim Primary School and Buikwe Primary School.
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