Kampala District

Kampala is the capital and largest city of . The city proper has a population of 4,265,160 and is divided into the five political divisions of , , , , and .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Uganda Museum and National Library of Uganda.

Museum
The is located in , . It displays and exhibits ethnological, natural-historical and traditional life collections of Uganda's cultural heritage.

Library
The was established by an Act of Parliament in 2003, replacing the Public Libraries Board itself established in 1964. It is the legal deposit library for and was under the directorship of Gertrude Kayaga Mulindwa.

Stadium
Hamz Stadium, Nakivubo War Memorial Grounds, formerly referred to as is a multi-purpose stadium in , . The Hamz Stadium is used mostly for association football and also sometimes for basketball.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kampala and Kololo.

, the City of Seven Hills, is the capital city of and is, by a very large margin, the largest city in the country. Secondary to it is Jinja to the east and Entebbe to the south.

Suburb
is a hill in , the largest city and capital of . The name also applies to the upscale residential and commercial neighbourhood that sits on that hill.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the city of , 's capital city. The name also applies to the hill on which this neighborhood is perched; one of the original seven hills that constituted Kampala at the time of its founding, in the early 1900s.

Kampala District

Latitude
0.3351° or 0° 20′ 6″ north
Longitude
32.5831° or 32° 34′ 59″ east
Population
1,800,000
Elevation
1,192 metres (3,911 feet)
Open location code
6GGJ8HPM+27
Geo­Names ID
443339
Wiki­data ID
Q926417
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kampala District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ضاحية كمبالا
  • Arabic: كمبالا
  • Arabic: مقاطعة كمبالا
  • Asturian: Distritu de Kampala
  • Belarusian: акруга Кампала
  • Belarusian: Кампала (акруга)
  • Belarusian: Кампала
  • Bengali: কাম্পালা জেলা
  • Catalan: districte de Kampala
  • Cebuano: Kampala District
  • Chinese: 坎帕拉区
  • Chinese: 坎帕拉區
  • Danish: Kampala District
  • Dutch: Kampala
  • Finnish: Kampalan piirikunta
  • French: Kampala
  • Galician: Distrito de Kampala
  • Galician: Distrito Kampala
  • Ganda: Kampala
  • German: Kampala
  • Greek: Καμπάλα
  • Gujarati: કેમ્પાલા જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: कम्पाला जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Kampala
  • Italian: Kampala
  • Japanese: カンパラ県
  • Kannada: ಕಂಪಾಲಾ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 캄팔라구
  • Kurdish: Kampala
  • Latvian: Kampalas reģions
  • Lithuanian: Kampalos apskritis
  • Malay: Daerah Kampala
  • Marathi: कंपाला जिल्हा
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kampala
  • Polish: Dystrykt Kampala
  • Portuguese: Campala
  • Portuguese: Kampala
  • Romanian: Districtul Kampala
  • Russian: Кампала
  • Sinhala: කම්පාලා දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Spanish: Distrito de Kampala
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Kampala
  • Swedish: Kampala
  • Tamil: கம்பலா மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: కంపాలా జిల్లా
  • Thai: อำเภอกัมปาลา
  • Turkish: Kampala ili
  • Ukrainian: Кампала
  • Urdu: کمپالا ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Quận Kampala

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Mulago and Wandegeya.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Makerere University School of Public Health and Mulago National Specialised Hospital.

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