Buddo hill
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Buddo, sometimes spelled as Budo,{{Cite web |title=70 years of mixed schooling at King's College bears fruit |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1271428/mixed-schooling-king-eur-college-bears-fruit |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=New Vision |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=It's a pity Budonians hardly know anything about their school! |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1147723/it-eur-pity-budonians-hardly-about-school |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=New Vision |language=en}} is a hill in Wakiso District, Central Uganda. Phonetically, Buddo is the correct spelling in Luganda, the native language of the local area.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
Location
Buddo is located in Busiro County, Wakiso District, off of the Kampala-Masaka Highway, approximately {{convert|14|km|mi}} by road southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%20()&toplace=Budo%20(Western%20Province)&fromlat=0.3155556&tolat=0.26&fromlng=32.5655556&tolng=32.4847222 Road Distance Between Kampala and Buddo with Map]
Overview
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With a peak at {{convert|1300|m|ft}} above sea level, Buddo is an important hill in the environs of Kampala. It carries cultural and academic significance. The cultural coronation site, where the Kabaka of Buganda is enthroned in a traditional ceremony is located on Buddo Hill and is known as Naggalabi Buddo. The hill is also the location of several elementary, middle and high schools, including Kings College Budo, a prestigious mixed boarding high school, attended by Buganda's Kings starting with Captain Sir Daudi Chwa II, the thirty-fourth (34th) Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda, who reigned between 1897 and 1939.
Landmarks
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Buddo contains the following landmarks:
- Kings College Budo - A prestigious mixed boarding high school
- Budo junior school
- Budo Senior Secondary School - A mixed non-residential high school
- Kisozi High School Buddo
- Naggalabi Buddo - The site where the Kabaka of Buganda is enthroned in a traditional ceremony.
- Matutu Memorial Primary School
- St. Jude Primary School
- Abatec Islamic School
External links
- [http://www.kcc.go.ug/downloads/Executive_Summary.pdf Challenges and Constraints to Planning and Development in Kampala]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
See also
References
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