Busia

Busia is a border town in and . Legally, there is a Busia, Uganda, and an adjacent Busia, Kenya.
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  • Type: Town with 64,900 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Busia Municipality”, “Busia, Uganda”, and “Busla”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Busia.

Town
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is a town in . It is the capital and largest town of .

Busia

Latitude
0.4676° or 0° 28′ 3″ north
Longitude
34.0905° or 34° 5′ 26″ east
Population
64,900
Elevation
1,219 metres (3,999 feet)
UN/LOCODE
UG BUS
Open location code
6GGPF39R+25
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1429946815
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
234077
Wiki­data ID
Q1280038
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Busia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوسيا”
  • Bengali: “বুসিয়া”
  • Cebuano: “Busia (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Busia”
  • Chinese: “卜思尔”
  • Chinese: “布西亞”
  • Danish: “Busia”
  • Dutch: “Busia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوسيا”
  • Finnish: “Busia”
  • French: “Busia”
  • Galician: “Busia”
  • Ganda: “Busia, Yuganda”
  • Ganda: “Busia”
  • German: “Busia”
  • Greek: “Μπούσια”
  • Gujarati: “બુસિયા”
  • Hindi: “बुसिया”
  • Indonesian: “Busia”
  • Irish: “Busia”
  • Italian: “Busia”
  • Japanese: “ブシア”
  • Kannada: “ಬುಷಿಯಾ”
  • Korean: “부시아”
  • Latvian: “Busija”
  • Lithuanian: “Busija”
  • Malay: “Busia”
  • Marathi: “बुसीया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Busia”
  • Polish: “Busia”
  • Portuguese: “Busia”
  • Romanian: “Busia, Uganda”
  • Romanian: “Busia”
  • Russian: “Бусиа”
  • Sinhala: “බසියා”
  • Spanish: “Busia”
  • Swahili: “Busia, Uganda”
  • Swahili: “Busia”
  • Swedish: “Busia, Uganda”
  • Swedish: “Busia”
  • Tagalog: “Busia, Uganda”
  • Tagalog: “Busia”
  • Tamil: “பூசிய”
  • Telugu: “బుసియా”
  • Thai: “บูเซีย”
  • Turkish: “Busia”
  • Ukrainian: “Бусіа”
  • Urdu: “بوسیا، یوگنڈا”
  • Urdu: “بوسیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Busia”
  • Zulu: “Busia, Yuganda”

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