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Entebbe Street Sign post of European Cemetery in Entebbe, Uganda. Entebbe is a city in Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately 36 kilometres (22 mi) southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. [3] Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962.
Paleolithic evidence of human activity in Uganda goes back to at least 50,000 years, and perhaps as far as 100,000 years, as shown by the Acheulean stone tools recovered from the former environs of Lake Victoria, which were exposed along the Kagera River valley, chiefly around Nsonezi.
Uganda, [b] officially the Republic of Uganda, [c] is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.
Kampala / k ɑː m ˌ p ɑː l ɑː-/ ⓘ (UK: / k æ m ˈ p ɑː l ə /, [3] [4] US: / k ɑː m ˈ-/) [3] [5] is the capital and largest city of Uganda.The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) [6] and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa, and Rubaga.
1962 - Kampala becomes capital of Uganda. [3] 1963 - City becomes part of republic of Uganda. [8] 1964 Uganda Public Libraries Board headquartered in city. [9] Nommo Gallery established. [10] 1965 - Apollo Hotel in business. 1966 - Battle of Mengo Hill. 1967 East African Development Bank headquartered in Kampala. Ugandan National Theatre ...
became capital of Charlemagne as Imperator Augustus and Emperor of the Carolingian Empire: Karlsruhe: Baden, Grand Duchy of: Germany: 1771 1918 Baden became part of the German Empire in 1871, and lost sovereignty fully in 1918. Karlsruhe remained the capital of the German state of Baden until 1945. Munich: Bavaria, Kingdom of: Germany: 14th ...
The Protectorate of Uganda was a protectorate of the British Empire from 1894 to 1962. In 1893 the Imperial British East Africa Company transferred its administration rights of territory consisting mainly of the Kingdom of Buganda to the British government.
Frederick Lugard, a British mercenary in the pay of Imperial British East Africa Company arrived in Uganda in the 1890s, built his fort on top of the hill. The original fort was relocated to a different site on the hill in 2003, to accommodate the largest mosque in Uganda, with a seating capacity of 15,000 people, built with monetary assistance ...