Entebbe

The word came from Luganda language e ntebe which means 'seat' / 'chair'. Entebbe was a cultural site for the Mamba clan and it was called "entebbe za Mugula" - Mugula was the title of a chief of a subdivision of the Mamba clan - and is now the location of the official office and residence of the President of Uganda, as it was for British governors before independence. Entebbe was the former seat of power in the country, but has now been replaced by Kampala.{{cite web|url=https://visitentebbe.net/our-history/ |title=Our History |publisher=Visitentebbe.net |date=28 December 2020 |author=Visit Entebbe |access-date=28 December 2020 | location=Entebbe, Uganda}}

Entebbe sits on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest lake. The town is situated in Wakiso District, approximately {{convert|34|km|0}} south 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/Entebbe+Post+Office,+9+Apolo+Square,+Entebbe/@0.1979651,32.3768174,10.5z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc808cc2ab43:0x7dd3e9e39634c3b!2m2!1d32.5813941!2d0.3139449!1m5!1m1!1s0x177d875ce51ad2eb:0xb67f235cae5939f9!2m2!1d32.4737848!2d0.0598944!3e0 |title=Distance between Central Kampala, Uganda and Entebbe Town, Uganda |access-date=28 December 2020}} The metropolis is located on a peninsula into Lake Victoria, covering a total area of {{convert|56.2|km2|mi2}}, out of which {{convert|20|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} is water. The coordinates of Entebbe are:0°03'00.0"N, 32°27'36.0"E (Latitude:0.0500; Longitude:32.4600).{{google maps|title=Location of Entebbe At Google Maps| access-date=2 July 2015| url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B003'00.0%22N+32%C2%B027'36.0%22E/@0.0514761,32.4572365,16z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0}} Neighborhoods within Entebbe City include Bugonga, Katabi, Nakiwogo, Nsamizi, Kitooro, Lunnyo and Lugonjo.{{cite web|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/Lugonjo-never-goes-sleep/689858-4777470-uowlimz/index.html |date=26 September 2018 |title=Lugonjo never goes to sleep |access-date=25 March 2019 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |author=Eve Muganga | location=Kampala}}

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During the 2002 national census, Entebbe's population was estimated at 55,100 people. In 2010, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population of the town at 76,500. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population of Entebbe at approximately 79,700.{{cite web|title=Estimated Population of Entebbe In 2002, 2010 & 2011 |publisher=Uganda Bureau of Statistics |access-date=17 April 2014 |url=http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707231502/http://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/pdf%20documents/TP52010.pdf |archive-date=7 July 2014 }} On 27 August 2014, the national population census put Entebbe's population at 69,958.{{cite web| url=http://citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html|title=The Population of The Regions of the Republic of Uganda And All Cities And Towns of More Than 15,000 Inhabitants| date=27 August 2014| access-date=12 December 2015|last=UBOS| publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS)}}{{Historical populations|1969|21,096|1980|21,289|1991|42,763|2002|55,086|2014|70,219|||align=none|footnote=source:[http://www.citypopulation.de/Uganda-Cities.html Entebbe population statistics]}}

"Entebbe", in the local Luganda language, means a "seat" and was probably named that because it was the place where a Baganda chief sat to adjudicate legal cases. It first became a British colonial administrative and commercial centre in 1893 when Sir Gerald Portal, a colonial Commissioner, used it as a base.Britannica, [https://www.britannica.com/place/Entebbe Entebbe], britannica.com, USA, accessed on July 7, 2019 Port Bell went on to become Kampala's harbour. Although no ships dock there now, there is still a jetty, which was used by Lake Victoria ferries.

Entebbe International Airport, the main international airport of Uganda, has been the site of some well known events, making it famous in Europe and abroad. It was from this airport that Queen Elizabeth II departed Africa to return to England in 1952 when she learned of her father's death and that she had become Queen. The airport was the scene of Operation Entebbe, a hostage rescue on 4 July 1976, when soldiers from the Sayeret Matkal, Paratroopers Brigade and Golani Brigade units of the Israeli Army freed over 100 hostages following a hijacking by a group of Palestinian and German militia.

The city of Entebbe also hosted final resolution talks to end the M23 rebellion.{{Cite web |last=Burt |date=2018-02-20 |title=A little This ‘n That about Entebbe |url=https://gatelyinn.com/a-little-this-n-that-about-entebbe/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Gately Inn Entebbe |language=en-GB}}

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Entebbe is home to the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), a Ugandan government organization which provides space to conduct research to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative HIV vaccine program, the UK Medical Research Centre Laboratories (MRC), the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).{{cite web| url=https://www.jhsph.edu/research/centers-and-institutes/rakai-health-sciences-program/research_services/nih_excellence_research.html|title=NIH International Center for Excellence in Research |website=Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |access-date=14 October 2017}} Most research performed at UVRI is infectious disease-oriented and focuses on HIV, tuberculosis, malaria and helminth infections.{{cite web| url=https://www.mrcuganda.org/research/research-programme/research-endemic-neglected-emerging-and-re-emerging-infections-eneri|title=Research on Endemic, Neglected, Emerging and Re-emerging infections (ENERI), MRC/UVRI |website=MRC/UVRI |access-date=14 October 2017}} It is also home for the headquarters of Uganda National Medical Stores, until the new headquarters and main warehouse building in Kajjansi is completed, then the headquarters will relocate to Kajjansi.{{cite web| url=https://capitalradio.co.ug/national-medical-store-shift-base-kajjasi/ |title=National Medical Store to shift base to Kajjasi |access-date=23 April 2021 |publisher=Capital Radio Uganda |date=10 May 2018 |author=Deo Wasswa | location=Kampala}}

• The extensive National Botanical Gardens, laid out in 1898, are located in Entebbe.
• Entebbe is the location of the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC){{cite web|title= UWEC Homepage|publisher=Uganda Wildlife Education Centre|url=http://www.uweczoo.org/|access-date=18 April 2014}} The centre also serves as the national zoo.
• Entebbe is the location of Nkumba University, one of the more than thirty licensed institutions of tertiary education in Uganda.
• State House, the official residence of the President of Uganda, is located in Entebbe.{{cite web|title= Homepage of State House Entebbe|

url=http://www.statehouse.go.ug/|publisher=State House Entebbe|access-date=18 April 2014}}

• Entebbe is also home to one of the historical site in Kigungu where the first catholic missionaries Brother Amans and Father Mon Maple Lourdel landed to establish the catholic faith in Uganda.
• Entebbe is home of the oldest golf course in East Africa called Entebbe Golf Club, which was established in 1900. Entebbe Golf Club is surrounded by the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre, (formerly Entebbe Zoo), on its south side.

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Image:Entebbe Aerial.jpg|Sunset over Entebbe

Image:C17atEntebbe.jpg|Entebbe International Airport

Image:Bugonga Church of Uganda.jpg|Bugonga Church in Entebbe

Image:EntebbeDot.png|Entebbe sits on the northern shores of Lake Victoria

Image:Entebbe Aerial view.jpg|Entebbe along Lake Victoria

The head office of the Ugandan Civil Aviation Authority is on the property of Entebbe International Airport.{{cite web|date=2019 | url=https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/entebbe-international-airport-expansion/ |title=Entebbe International Airport Expansion |publisher=Copyright 2019 Verdict Media Limited |access-date=15 June 2019 |author=Airport-technology.com}} The Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries maintains its headquarters in Entebbe.{{cite web|url=https://www.gou.go.ug/ministry/ministry-agriculture-animal-industry-and-fisheries |title=Uganda Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries: Contact Details | publisher=Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (Uganda) |date=2019 |access-date=15 June 2019 | author=Uganda Ministry of Agriculture |location=Entebbe}}

The Special Forces Command, a specialized unit of the Uganda People's Defense Forces, responsible for the security of the president of Uganda, his immediate family, constitutional monarchs, state guests and vital national assets, including the national oil fields, maintains its headquarters in Entebbe.{{cite web|title=About the Special Forces Command (SFC) | url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/uganda/sfc.htm |publisher=GlobalSecurity.org |date=18 May 2016 |access-date=15 June 2019 |author=Global Security |location=Washington DC}}

Other points of interest within the city limits or close to its edges include the offices of Entebbe City Council and several branches of foreign and indigenous commercial banks. The supermarket chain, Shoprite, maintains a branch in Entebbe.{{cite web|title=Shoprite to open a fourth store at Victoria Mall |date=8 September 2017 | url=https://ugbusiness.com/3933/shoprite-to-open-a-fourth-store-at-victoria-mall/ |publisher=Uganda Business News |access-date=25 March 2019 |author=Uganda Business News |location=Kampala}}

Entebbe is home to the Entebbe Children's Surgical Hospital, a children's hospital, center of excellence for pediatric surgery, owned and operated by Emergency, an international NGO that offers "free medical treatment to the victims of war, poverty and landmines".{{cite web| date=22 April 2021 | url=https://observer.ug/news/headlines/69452-free-children-s-surgical-hospital-begins-operations-in-entebbe |newspaper=The Observer (Uganda) |title=Free Children's Surgical hospital begins operations in Entebbe |access-date=26 April 2021 |author=The Observer |location=Kampala}}

Entebbe experiences a tropical rainforest climate (Af) according to the Köppen climate classification as the city has no real dry season throughout the year. Its driest month is July with precipitation averaging {{convert|72|mm|in|2|disp=or}}, while the wettest is April with precipitation averaging {{convert|264|mm|in|2|disp=or}}. The temperature is moderated by the altitude. The hottest month is February with an average temperature of {{convert|22.8|C}}, while the coolest is July with an average temperature of {{convert|20.6|C}}.

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|location = Entebbe, Uganda (1961–1990)

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|collapsed = yes

|Jan record high C = 31.3

|Feb record high C = 31.7

|Mar record high C = 30.6

|Apr record high C = 30.0

|May record high C = 28.9

|Jun record high C = 27.8

|Jul record high C = 28.1

|Aug record high C = 28.9

|Sep record high C = 29.8

|Oct record high C = 29.6

|Nov record high C = 31.7

|Dec record high C = 29.5

|year record high C = 31.7

|Jan high C = 26.3

|Feb high C = 27.3

|Mar high C = 26.7

|Apr high C = 26.0

|May high C = 25.4

|Jun high C = 25.2

|Jul high C = 25.3

|Aug high C = 25.9

|Sep high C = 26.5

|Oct high C = 26.5

|Nov high C = 26.0

|Dec high C = 26.5

|year high C = 26.1

|Jan low C = 18.0

|Feb low C = 18.3

|Mar low C = 18.5

|Apr low C = 18.4

|May low C = 18.0

|Jun low C = 17.8

|Jul low C = 17.2

|Aug low C = 17.4

|Sep low C = 17.4

|Oct low C = 17.7

|Nov low C = 17.9

|Dec low C = 17.8

|year low C = 17.9

|Jan record low C = 13.0

|Feb record low C = 10.7

|Mar record low C = 14.4

|Apr record low C = 12.2

|May record low C = 14.3

|Jun record low C = 14.0

|Jul record low C = 10.0

|Aug record low C = 12.0

|Sep record low C = 13.2

|Oct record low C = 13.9

|Nov record low C = 14.3

|Dec record low C = 13.8

|year record low C = 10.0

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 86.7

|Feb rain mm = 84.4

|Mar rain mm = 184.5

|Apr rain mm = 264.4

|May rain mm = 253.8

|Jun rain mm = 116.2

|Jul rain mm = 72.1

|Aug rain mm = 77.8

|Sep rain mm = 79.0

|Oct rain mm = 127.6

|Nov rain mm = 171.7

|Dec rain mm = 120.6

|year rain mm = 1638.8

|unit rain days = 1.0 mm

|Jan rain days = 7.3

|Feb rain days = 7.3

|Mar rain days = 13.1

|Apr rain days = 16.8

|May rain days = 16.2

|Jun rain days = 9.4

|Jul rain days = 6.9

|Aug rain days = 6.3

|Sep rain days = 7.1

|Oct rain days = 10.7

|Nov rain days = 13.6

|Dec rain days = 10.2

|year rain days = 124.9

|Jan humidity = 76

|Feb humidity = 76

|Mar humidity = 77

|Apr humidity = 79

|May humidity = 79

|Jun humidity = 78

|Jul humidity = 77

|Aug humidity = 78

|Sep humidity = 76

|Oct humidity = 75

|Nov humidity = 76

|Dec humidity = 76

|year humidity = 77

|Jan sun = 234

|Feb sun = 204

|Mar sun = 205

|Apr sun = 181

|May sun = 191

|Jun sun = 187

|Jul sun = 197

|Aug sun = 194

|Sep sun = 194

|Oct sun = 205

|Nov sun = 202

|Dec sun = 214

|source 1 = World Meteorological Organization

{{cite web

| url = http://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=1329

| title = World Weather Information Service – Entebbe

| publisher= World Meteorological Organization

| access-date = 1 September 2016}}

| source 2 = Deutscher Wetterdienst (extremes and humidity),

{{cite web

| url = http://www.dwd.de/DWD/klima/beratung/ak/ak_637050_kt.pdf

| title = Klimatafel von Entebbe (Flugh.) / Uganda

| publisher = Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

| access-date = 14 June 2016}} Danish Meteorological Institute (sun, 1931–1960)

{{cite web|url=http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf |title=STATIONSNUMMER 63705 |publisher=Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate |access-date=14 June 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116071752/http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/tr01-17.pdf |archive-date=January 16, 2013 }}

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{{Reflist}}

• [https://entebbe-city.com/ Updated Website: A guide to Entebbe City] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211043200/https://entebbe-city.com/ |date=2022-02-11 }}

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• [http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/The+changing+face+of+Entebbe+town/-/691232/1482864/-/item/0/-/j17fbn/-/index.html Profile of Entebbe Town In August 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604040805/http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/The+changing+face+of+Entebbe+town/-/691232/1482864/-/item/0/-/j17fbn/-/index.html |date=2016-06-04 }}
• [http://www.uvri-iavi.org/ UVRI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Program in Entebbe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102024234/http://www.uvri-iavi.org/ |date=2019-11-02 }}
• [https://www.mrcuganda.org/ MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS]

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