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The dam sits across the Nile River between the town of Jinja, in Jinja District approximately 85 kilometres (53 mi), by road, east of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [ 2 ] History
Jinja station with a Uganda Railways diesel locomotive. Man walking below the train bridge. Jinja is a major station on the Uganda Railway and is a port for Lake Victoria ferries. [citation needed] Jinja Airport, a small civilian and military airport, [55] is located at Kimaka, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north of Jinja's central business district.
The waterfalls were located approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi), north (downstream), of the point where the river leaves Lake Victoria. This is the location of Nalubaale Dam, previously called Owen Falls Dam. [1] [2] The geographical location of the former Owen Falls are:00°26'37.0"N, 33°11'05.0"E (Latitude:0.443611; Longitude:33.184722). [3]
Source of the Nile Bridge: 290 m (950 ft) 525 m (1,722 ft) Cable-stayed Concrete box girder deck: Kampala–Jinja Expressway White Nile. ... List of bridges in Uganda.
The Sobat River, which joins the Nile a short distance below Lake No, drains about half as much land, 225,000 km 2 (86,900 sq mi), but contributes 412 cubic meters per second (14,500 cu ft/s) annually to the Nile. [47] When in flood the Sobat carries a large amount of sediment, adding greatly to the White Nile's color. [48]
The company was initially managed by Calico Printers Association (CPA), a Manchester, England based Company. CPA provided equipment and technical and managerial support until 1972 after which the independent governments in Uganda ran the factory until 1996, when they sold it to Southern Range Nyanza Limited, the company that runs it today. [1]
Sometimes referred to as Kampala–Jinja Road, it is a busy road, with several towns, trading centers and other points of interest along the way. As of October 2016, a new, wider, four-lane dual carriageway expressway, the Kampala–Jinja Expressway , is proposed to be constructed south of the present highway to relieve traffic and complement ...
Kimaka is divided into the Eastern Zone, east of the Jinja-Budondo Road, and the Western Zone, to the west of that road. The Eastern Zone is dominated by Jinja Airport and the Uganda Senior Command and Staff College. The Western Zone is primarily composed of middle class residential neighborhoods and, closer to the River Nile, by the three ...