Some data
Kabale district covers an area of 1,827 km2 with a population of over 630,000, predominantly from the Bakiga tribe.
Kabale district is at an altitude ranging from 1,219 to 2,347 m above sea level.
This altitude makes it colder than the rest of the country - average monthly temperatures are 15-20 degrees Celsius and can fall to 10 degrees by night. Relative humidity is between 90 and 100% in the morning and decreases to 42 to 75% in the afternoon, all the year around
Kabale municipality has over 40,000 inhabitants and lies 2000m above sea level Kabale has a projected population of 629,400 (2000),.
It is a market town and a transport hub as the main road from Kampala continues through the town south to the border with Rwanda at Gatuna, 10 km away. Another road continues westwards to Kisoro, where travelers may continue to either the Democratic Republic of the Congo or the Rwandan town of Ruhengeri.
The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa, bordered on the east by Kenya, the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania.
The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, within which it shares borders with Kenya and Tanzania.
Uganda takes its name from the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a portion of the south of the country including the capital Kampala.
- Capital
(and largest city)
- Kampala
- Official Language
- English
- Luganda
- Government
- Democratic Republic
- President
- Yoweri Musevini
- Prime Minister
- Apolo Nsibambi
- Area
- Total
- 236,040 km²
- 91,136 sq m
- Water
- 15.39%
- Total
- Population
- July 2005 estimate
27,616,000
- July 2005 estimate
- Currency
- Uganda Shilling (UGX)
- Time Zone
- EAT (East Afrca Time)
(UTC+3)
- EAT (East Afrca Time)
- Internet TLD
- .ug