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Kololo is a popular location for diplomatic missions to Uganda, housing more than a dozen embassies and ambassadors' residences. [ 5 ] During the 2000s, hotels, banks, hospitals, and other corporate entities began to infiltrate the hill, mainly to serve those who reside there, away from the noise and traffic congestion in the central business ...
Kololo Monument Monument commemorating 50 years of independence Kampala UG-C-013 Kololo Hero Monument Ignatius Musaazi, independence liberation hero Kampala More images. UG-C-014 Kololo Ceremonial Grounds Commemoration of Uganda's independence on 9 October 1962. It was last redeveloped on 9 May 2012. [3] Kampala
The division comprises the central business district of the largest city in Uganda and includes the areas of Old Kampala, Nakasero and Kololo. These areas are the most upscale business and residential neighborhoods in the city. The division also incorporates low income neighborhoods including Kamwookya, Kisenyi and Kampala's Industrial Area ...
Kampala is a hilly place with its valleys filled with sluggish rivers/ swamps. The highest point in the city proper is the summit of Kololo hill at 1,311 metres (4,301 ft), located in the center of the city and the lowest point at the shores of Lake Victoria south of the city center at altitude of 1,135 metres (3,724 ft).
Bukoto is bordered by Kisaasi to the north, Kigoowa to the north-east, Ntinda to the east, Naguru to the south-east, Kololo to the south, Kamwookya to the west, and Kyebando to the north-west. This location is approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi), by road, north-east of Kampala's central business district. [ 1 ]
Kololo is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital. ... Places. Kololo Game Reserve, 3000 ha (30 km 2) in South Africa; Kololo Peaks, a mountain in Washington State, US
The Kololo are also known as Makololo. When referring to Kololo people in plural, their endonym is Bakololo, which includes the Bantu clitic ba-. The Kololo appear to be named after Kololo, the wife of their first chief, Sebitwane. Another theory is that it is a Luyana word meaning "bald" referring to their conqueror's hairstyles. [1] [2]
‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ comes from the Kololo or Lozi language, and the name is now used throughout Zambia and in parts of Zimbabwe. [3] Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park covers 66 km 2 (25 sq mi) from the Songwe Gorge below the falls in a north-west arc along about 20 km (12 mi) of the Zambian river bank.