Jinja Hospital
Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known as Jinja Hospital, is a hospital in the city of Jinja, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. This 600-bed medical facility is the largest hospital in eastern Uganda, although many more patients are admitted beyond its sanctioned capacity, with many having to sleep on the floor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hospital
- Description: hospital in Uganda
- Also known as: “Jinja Hospital (Jinja Regional Referral Hospital)” and “Jinja Regional Referral Hospital”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nile International Hospital and Jinja Airport.
Nile International Hospital
Hospital
Nile International Hospital is one of the biggest hospitals in Uganda and specifically the biggest in the Eastern Region Eastern Region, Uganda. It is located in Jinja City the second largest city next to Kampala in Uganda. Nile International Hospital is situated 2 km northeast of Jinja Hospital.
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. Jinja Airport is situated 3 km northwest of Jinja Hospital.
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. Nalubaale Hydroelectric Power Station is situated 2½ km northwest of Jinja Hospital.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buwenda and Bugembe.
Buwenda
Village
Buwenda is a small village in Uganda located in the Bugiri district, close to the town of Jinja. Buwenda is situated 6 km northwest of Jinja Hospital.
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 6 km northeast of Jinja Hospital.
Wairaka
Town
Wairaka is a settlement in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Wairaka is situated 8 km northeast of Jinja Hospital.
Jinja Hospital
- Category: health care
- Location: Central Division, Jinja, Jinja District, Eastern Uganda, Uganda, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude
0.43063° or 0° 25′ 50″ northLongitude
33.20491° or 33° 12′ 18″ eastElevation
1,180 metres (3,871 feet)Open location code
6GGMC6J3+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 798646087OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=hospitalOpenStreetMap feature
healthcare=hospitalGeoNames ID
11592097Wikidata ID
Q6202525
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In Other Languages
“Jinja Hospital” goes by many names.
- Ganda: “ddwaaliro ekkulu e Jinja”
- Ganda: “Jinja Hospital”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Jinja Hospital”. Photo: Bernard DUPONT, CC BY-SA 2.0.