Buloba
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|subdivision_type1 = Region
|subdivision_name1 = Central Uganda
|subdivision_type2 = District
|subdivision_name2 = Wakiso District
|subdivision_type3 = County
|subdivision_name3 = Busiro
|subdivision_type4 = Constituency
|subdivision_name4 = Busiro East
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|leader_title = Member of Parliament
|leader_name = Medard Lubega Sseggona{{cite web| url=http://www.buganda.or.ug/index.php/buganda-caucus-mainmenu?showall=&start=6
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| title=Members of the Ugandan Parliament From Buganda Region: Busiro County |format=Archived from the original |access-date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Buganda.or.ug |author=Buganda.or.ug | date=21 February 2014 |page=7}}
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|population_as_of = 2014 Estimate
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Buloba is an urban area in Wakiso District in the Buganda Region of Uganda.{{cite web|url=http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/wakiso-district.html |title=Profile of Wakiso District |author=Uganda Travel Guide |publisher=Uganda Travel Guide |access-date=12 July 2018 |date=12 July 2018 |location=Kampala}} The area is primarily a middle-class residential neighborhood.{{cite web|title=Buloba: One of Wakiso’s Urban Centres | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/One-of-Wakiso-s-urban-centres/689858-2486134-pwt3e3z/index.html | date=15 October 2014 |access-date=12 July 2018 |first=Joseph |last=Kato |location=Kampala}}
Location
File:Buloba, off Mityana Road at Kinyanya, Kilimamboga.jpg
Buloba is on the tarmacked Kampala–Mityana Road. It is approximately {{convert|22|km|0}}, by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Uganda+Post+Office,+Plot+35+Kampala+Road,+Kampala+P.O.BOX+7106,+KAMPALA/Buloba+police+station,+8CCR%2BC5X,+A109,+Buloba/@0.3294105,32.4728929,12.25z/data=!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc808cc2ab43:0x7dd3e9e39634c3b!2m2!1d32.58138!2d0.3137559!1m5!1m1!1s0x177da78b7a67d9f3:0x49576b95f98eaf31!2m2!1d32.4405138!2d0.3211251!3e0!5i1 |title=Road Distance Between Uganda Post Office, Kampala Road, Kampala, Uganda and Buloba, Wakiso District, Uganda |access-date=13 August 2022}} The coordinates of Buloba Main, immediately north of Buloba Police Station are 0°19'30.0"N, 32°27'26.0"E (Latitude:0.325000; Longitude:32.457222).{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B019'30.0%22N+32%C2%B027'26.0%22E/@0.325494,32.4548128,648m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.325!4d32.4572222 |title=Location of Buloba, Wakiso District, Uganda |access-date=12 July 2018}} It lies at an average elevation of {{convert|1170|m|0}}, above sea level.{{cite web| url=https://elevationmap.net/buloba-wakiso-busiiro-ug-1002033858 |title=The Elevation of Buloba, Wakiso District, Uganda |work=Elevationmap.net | author=Elevationmap.net |date=12 July 2018 |access-date=12 July 2018}}
Overview
Buloba is divided into four administrative zones, from east to west: (a) Buloba ku Mwenda ("Buloba Nine Miles"), approximately {{convert|9|mi|0}} west of Kampala (b) Buloba Kasero, about {{convert|10.5|mi|0}} west of Kampala (c) Buloba Main, about {{convert|12|mi|0}} west of Kampala and (d) Buloba Kiweesa, about {{convert|14|mi|0}} west of Kampala.{{cite web| url=http://www.lcmt.org/uganda/wakiso/wakiso/buloba | title=Villages in Buloba Parish |access-date=12 July 2018 | date=12 July 2018 |publisher=Lcmt.Org |author=Lcmt.Org}} The neighborhood of Buloba has an estimated size of 1,295 hectares (3,200 acres) or 13 km2.
When the Uganda Oil Refinery is built, it is anticipated that Hoima–Kampala Petroleum Products Pipeline, the refined petroleum products will be piped to a location near Buloba, for distribution within Kampala and other towns such as Entebbe.{{cite web| title=Uganda to Build Petroleum Distribution Terminal and Two New Pipelines |date=27 May 2013 | url=http://www.oilreviewafrica.com/downstream/downstream/uganda-to-build-petroleum-distribution-terminal-and-two-new-pipelines | publisher=Oil Review Africa |access-date=12 July 2018 |author=Oil Review Africa |location=London}}{{cite web| url=http://observer.ug/business/38-business/25414-government-to-build-oil-terminal-in-wakiso |title=Government to Build Oil Terminal in Wakiso District |first=Edward |last=Ssekika |date=21 May 2013 |access-date=22 November 2015 |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) | location=Kampala}}
Points of interest
Buloba Police Station, an establishment of the Uganda Police Force, is located in "Buloba Main". Health facilities include Buloba Health Centre and Lynaset Health Care Services.
The neighborhood also hosts Buloba High School, Buloba Teacher's Training College, Buloba Vocational Institute and a campus of Africa Renewal University. Kasero Church of Uganda and St. Peter Catholic Church are also located here.
References
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External links
- [http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=58133 Government To Construct Oil Storage Facility In Buloba]
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