Kawanda
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| subdivision_name1 = Central Uganda
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| subdivision_name3 = Wakiso District
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Kawanda is a town in Wakiso District, Central Uganda.
Location
File:Taxi stage in Kawanda 01.jpg
The town is in Kawanda Parish, Nabweru Sub-county,{{cite web|
url=http://www.lcmt.org/uganda/wakiso/nabweru|title=Welcome to the Land Conflict Mapping Tool: Nabweru Subcounty: Parishes In Nabweru Subcounty|access-date=13 August 2015|date=13 August 2015|publisher=Land Conflict Mapping Tool}} being one of the six parishes in that administrative unit. Kawanda is approximately {{convert|13|km|mi}}, by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda.{{cite web|
url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Kampala%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Kawanda%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda%2C&dt1=ChIJm7N0nQ-8fRcR7G9r2T2QOEU&dt2=ChIJUd3lINmxfRcR3HrOtQmhRo0|
title=Road Distance Between Kampala And Kawanda With Map| publisher=Globefeed.com |access-date=13 August 2015|
date=13 August 2015}} This is approximately {{convert|247|km|0}} south of Karuma Falls, on the Kampala–Gulu Highway.{{cite web|access-date=13 August 2015|
url=http://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?fromplace=Karuma%20Falls%2C%20Kiryandongo%2C%20Western%20Region%2C%20Uganda&toplace=Kawanda%2C%20Central%20Region%2C%20Uganda&dt1=ChIJPxKlXYxkcBcRex3Foob8lJ4&dt2=ChIJUd3lINmxfRcR3HrOtQmhRo0|title=Map Showing Karuma Falls And Kawanda With Route Marker|date=13 August 2015|publisher=Globefeed.com}} The coordinates of the Kawanda are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°32'26.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.540556).{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B025'14.0%22N+32%C2%B032'26.0%22E/@0.4222949,32.5443404,14.15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0|
title=Location of Kawanda At Google Maps|access-date=13 August 2015}}
Overview
Kawanda is the location of Kawanda National Agricultural Research Laboratory, a unit of the National Agricultural Research Organisation. The laboratory carries out crop research, focusing primarily on banana varieties and their diseases.{{cite web|newspaper=New Vision|last=Kagolo |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/648930-kawanda-develops-wilt-resistant-banana-varieties.html|access-date=13 August 2015|
title=Kawanda Develops Wilt Resistant Banana Varieties|first=Francis|
date=30 October 2013|location=Kampala}}{{Cite journal|last=Calkins|first=Sandra|date=2021-04-25|title=Toxic remains: Infrastructural failure in a Ugandan molecular biology lab|journal=Social Studies of Science|volume=51 |issue=5 |language=en|pages=707–728|doi=10.1177/03063127211011531|pmid=33899617 |pmc=8474310 |issn=0306-3127|doi-access=free}}
The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited maintains a major electricity substation that receives high voltage power from Bujagali Power Station via {{convert|73|km|mi}} of 220kV cables.{{cite web|url=http://www.observer.ug/business/38-business/20137-uetcl-to-expand-power-grid-|title=UETCL to Expand Power Grid|access-date=13 August 2015|date=31 July 2012|first=Samuel| last=Nabwiiso|newspaper=The Observer (Uganda)|location=Kampala}} A {{convert|264|km|0}} 440kV electricity power line from Karuma Power Station is under construction to the company substation in Kawanda, under the supervision of Intec Gopa International Energy Consultants GmbH of the Federal Republic of Germany.{{cite web| date=13 August 2015|location=Kampala| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/672155-uetcl-signs-sh20-5b-deal-with-german-company.html|title=UETCL Signs €5.2 Million (USh20.5 Billion) Deal With German Company|last=Odyek| access-date=13 August 2015| first=John|newspaper=New Vision}}
References
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{{Wakiso District}}
Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda