Walumbe
Walumbe is a stream in Jinja District, Eastern Uganda and has an elevation of 1,134 metres. Walumbe is situated nearby to the locality Buwenda, as well as near the village Naminya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jinja Airport and Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station.
Jinja Airport
Aerodrome
Jinja Airport is a small civilian and military airport in Uganda. It serves the town of Jinja in Jinja District, Busoga, Eastern Region. It is adjacent to the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College of the Uganda People's Defence Force at Kimaka, a suburb of Jinja.
Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station
Dam
Kiira Hydroelectric Power Station is a hydroelectric power station in Uganda, with an installed capacity of 200 megawatts.
Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station
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 Lake Victoria in Uganda. Nalubaale is the Luganda name for Lake Victoria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buwenda and Jinja.
Buwenda
Village
Buwenda is a small village in Uganda located in the Bugiri district, close to the town of Jinja.
Jinja
Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Jinja is a city of 300,000 people in Uganda. 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.
Bugembe
Village
Bugembe is a town in Jinja District in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the seat of the Kingdom of Busoga, one of the four constitutional in Uganda, which is coterminous with the Busoga sub-region. Bugembe is situated 7 km east of Walumbe.
Walumbe
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Jinja District, Eastern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.46197° or 0° 27′ 43″ northLongitude
33.17576° or 33° 10′ 33″ eastElevation
1,134 metres (3,720 feet)Open location code
6GGMF56G+Q8GeoNames ID
11356522
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