Jinja
Jinja is a major city in eastern Uganda, about 81 kilometers east of Kampala on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. Famous as the "Adventure Capital of East Africa," it is celebrated as the historic source of the Nile River.
- City with about 279,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,140 metres (3,750 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code JIN
- Description: City in Jinja District, Eastern Region, Uganda
- Also known as“Idindha”“Jinga”“Jinja, Uganda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nile International Hospital and Jinja Hospital.
Nile International Hospital
Hospital
Nile International Hospital is one of the biggest…
Jinja Hospital
Hospital
Jinja Regional Referral Hospital, commonly known…
Jinja Airport
Aerodrome
Jinja Airport is a small civilian and military airport in Uganda.
Jinja
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Latitude
0.4353° or 0° 26′ 7″ north
Longitude
33.2056° or 33° 12′ 20″ east
UN/LOCODE
UG JIN
Open location code
6GGMC6P4+46
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Jinja” goes by many names.
JinjaAfrikaans
ጂንጃAmharic
جينجاArabic
ՋինջաArmenian
CinjaAzerbaijani
JinjaBasque
জিনজাBengali
ДжинджаBulgarian
JinjaCatalan
Jinja MunicipalityCebuano
金賈Chinese
金贾Chinese
JinjaCroatian
JinjaCzech
JinjaDanish
JinjaDutch
جينجاEgyptian Arabic
જિન્જાGujarati
JinjaHausa
ג’ינג’הHebrew
जिंजाHindi
JinjaHungarian
JinjaIndonesian
Jinja, UgandaIndonesian
JinjaItalian
ジンジャJapanese
ジンジヤJapanese
JinjaJavanese
ಜಿಂಜKannada
ДжинджаKazakh
ДжинджаKirghiz
진자Korean
DžindžaLatvian
DžindžaLithuanian
JinjaLow German
JinjaMalay
ജിൻജMalayalam
JinjaMaori
जिन्जाMarathi
JinjaNorthern Frisian
Jinja (Steed)Northern Frisian
JinjaNorwegian Bokmål
JinjaOccitan (post 1500)
JinjaOromo
ਜਿੰਜਾPanjabi
جینجاPersian
JinjaPolish
جينجاPushto
JinjaRomanian
ДжинджаRussian
JinjaSilesian
ජින්ජSinhala
JinjaSlovenian
JinjaSomali
جینجاSouth Azerbaijani
جینجا، اوقانداSouth Azerbaijani
JinjaSwahili
JinjaSwedish
ДжинджаTajik
ஜின்ஜாTamil
ДжинджаTatar
జింజTelugu
จินจาThai
JinjaTurkish
Jinja, UgandaTurkish
ДжинджаUkrainian
جنجاUrdu
جنجا، یوگنڈاUrdu
جنجہUrdu
JinjaUzbek
JinjaVietnamese
Jinja, UgandaVietnamese
Jinja, YugandaZulu
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