Buikwe District

Buikwe District is a district in the of . It is named after its 'chief town', , where the district headquarters are located.
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  • Type: district of Uganda with 520,000 residents
  • Description: district of Uganda
  • Also known as: Buikwo

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buikwe.

Village
Photo: Tholo, Public domain.
, sometimes spelled Buyikwe, is a town in District, . It is the administrative center of the district and the location of the district headquarters. is situated 5 km northwest of Buikwe District.

Buikwe District

Latitude
0.3012° or 0° 18′ 4″ north
Longitude
33.0518° or 33° 3′ 7″ east
Population
520,000
Elevation
1,208 metres (3,963 feet)
Open location code
6GGM8322+FP
Geo­Names ID
8030577
Wiki­data ID
Q3321631
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Buikwe District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ضاحية بويكوه
  • Asturian: Buikwe
  • Asturian: Distritu de Buikwe
  • Bengali: বুইকওয়ে জেলা
  • Cebuano: Buikwe District
  • Chinese: Buikwe Koān
  • Chinese: 布伊奎区
  • Chinese: 布伊奎區
  • Danish: Buikwe District
  • Dutch: Buikwe
  • Finnish: Buikwen kaupunginosa
  • French: Buikwe
  • Fulah: Buikwe
  • Galician: Distrito Buikwe
  • Ganda: Buikwe
  • Ganda: esangibwa mu massekati ga yuganda
  • German: Buikwe-Distrikt
  • German: Distrikt Buikwe
  • Greek: Μπουίκουε
  • Gujarati: બુઈક્વે જિલ્લો
  • Hebrew: בוויקווה
  • Hindi: बुक्वे जिला
  • Indonesian: Distrik Buikwe
  • Italian: Buikwe
  • Italian: Distretto di Buikwe
  • Japanese: ブイクウェ県
  • Kannada: ಬ್ಯೂಕ್ವೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Korean: 부이퀘구
  • Kurdish: Buikwe
  • Kurdish: بوکوە
  • Latvian: Buikves distrikts
  • Lithuanian: Buikvės apskritis
  • Malay: Buikwe District
  • Marathi: बुईकवे जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Buikwe Koān
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Buikwe
  • Polish: Dystrykt Buikwe
  • Portuguese: Distrito de Buikwe
  • Russian: Буикве
  • Sinhala: බුයික්වේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
  • Spanish: Distrito de Buikwe
  • Swahili: Wilaya ya Buikwe
  • Swedish: Buikwe
  • Tamil: புயிக்கவே மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: బైక్వి జిల్లా
  • Thai: เขตบุยควี
  • Turkish: Buikwe District
  • Ukrainian: Район Буїкве
  • Urdu: بویکوے ضلع
  • Uzbek: Buikwe tumani
  • Vietnamese: Buikwe
  • Vietnamese: Quận Buikwe
  • Zulu: Buikwe District

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