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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.
The Old Entebbe airport is used by Uganda's military forces. It was the scene of a hostage rescue operation by Israeli Sayeret Matkal , dubbed Operation Entebbe , in 1976 after an Arab-German hijacking of Air France Flight 139 following a stopover in Athens , Greece , en route to Paris from Tel Aviv .
Map of Uganda. This is a list of airports in Uganda, sorted by location.. Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa.It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania.
The campus of St. Mary's College Kisubi lies on Kampala–Entebbe Road, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of Kampala. [15] State House Uganda, the official residence of the President of Uganda, lies in the town of Entebbe, about 36 kilometres (22 mi), south of Kampala. [16] (6) Entebbe International Airport, where the road ends. [2]
Map of Uganda Kampala, Capital of Uganda Parliament of Uganda, Kampala Mbarara Kampala, Capital of Uganda. This is a list of cities and towns in Uganda: The population data are for 2014, except where otherwise indicated. The references from which the estimated populations are sourced are listed in each article for the cities and towns where the ...
In the northwestern part of Banga, the government of Uganda, through the Uganda Ministry of Health, donated land on which the Italian NGO, EMERGENCY built Entebbe Children's Surgical Hospital. The 72-bed facility which was built between 2017 and 2020, opened for patients in April 2021.
The Entebbe raid or Operation Entebbe, officially codenamed Operation Thunderbolt (retroactively codenamed Operation Yonatan), was a 1976 Israeli counter-terrorist mission in Uganda. It was launched in response to the hijacking of an international civilian passenger flight (an Airbus A300 ) operated by Air France between the cities of Tel Aviv ...
Akright City is bordered by Namugongo Road to the north, the community of Bwebajja and Kampala–Entebbe Road to the east, Namulanda to the southeast, Palm Valley Golf and Country Club to the south, and the community of Sekiwunga and Entebbe–Kampala Expressway to the west. The coordinates of the neighborhood are:0°10'21.0"N, 32°31'06.0"E ...