Kitikifumba

Kitikifumba is bordered by Bulindo to the east, Mulawa to the southeast, downtown Kira to the south, the village of Seeta to the west, Namavundu to the north-west, and Kitukutwe to the north. This is approximately {{convert|3.5|km|0}}, by road, northwest of downtown Kira, where the town council offices are located.{{google maps| url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kira+Town/Kitikifumba,+Kira+Town/@0.4083362,32.627228,15z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177db72845ed7caf:0x852ac64a8f3b48e8!2m2!1d32.638695!2d0.3972251!1m5!1m1!1s0x177db6ce3a65768f:0xa82082f88a13f0aa!2m2!1d32.6354623!2d0.4195529!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kira Town Centre And Kitikifumba In Uganda |access-date=5 June 2021}} Kitikifumba is approximately {{convert|17|km|0}}, by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps|

url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Central+Bank+of+Uganda,+37%2F45,+Plot+17%2F19+Kampala+Road,+Kampala/Kitikifumba,+Kira+Town/@0.3667894,32.5805333,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc80f7f01c39:0x6b9adae1ecae2406!2m2!1d32.5803725!2d0.3142584!1m5!1m1!1s0x177db6ce3a65768f:0xa82082f88a13f0aa!2m2!1d32.6354623!2d0.4195529!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Central Kampala And Kitikifumba With Map |access-date=5 June 2021}} The coordinates of Kitikifumba are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.634722).{{google maps

|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B025'14.0%22N+32%C2%B038'05.0%22E/@0.4205556,32.6325335,395m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.4205556!4d32.6347222 | title=Location of Kitikifumba, Kira Town Council, Uganda |access-date=4 August 2017}}

Up until the 1990s, Kitikifumba and neighboring Bulindo were villages with scattered low income residences and subsistence farms.{{cite web|access-date=4 August 2017 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/Know-your-hood---Bulindo--A-suburb-sprouting-from-farmland/689858-2115752-k02hdi/index.html | title=Know your hood : Bulindo, A suburb sprouting from farmland | newspaper=Daily Monitor | first=Emmy |last=Omongin |location=Kampala | date=18 December 2013}} In 2001, the village was incorporated into Kira Town, the second-largest urban center in Uganda with a population of 313,761, according to the August 2014 national census.{{cite web |date=27 August 2014 | 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 | access-date=4 August 2017 | publisher=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) | last=UBOS}} During the 21st century, it has developed into an upper middle-class residential neighborhood with scattered business locations among the residences.

In 2011, the government opened the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, which had been relocated from Kampala.{{cite web |title=Shimoni Teachers College opens | date=7 January 2011 |access-date=2 May 2016 | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1085296/-/cjc3inz/-/index.html | first=Al-Mahdi | last=Ssenkabirwa | newspaper=Daily Monitor |location=Kampala}} The college, built at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion at that time), has a capacity of 450 student-teachers. During the construction, the Shimoni student-teachers were accommodated at Nyondo Teacher Training College in Mbale.{{cite web |title=Shimoni College students relocate | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1140225/shimoni-college-students-relocate|first=Nathan |last=Etengu | date=24 September 2006 | access-date=4 August 2017 |newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala}}{{cite web| first=Joyce | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1282992/shimoni-ptc | title=Shimoni PTC opens next year|newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala |access-date=4 August 2017 |date=10 September 2010| last=Namutebi}} The teacher training college opened in January 2011.{{cite web|access-date=4 August 2017 | url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201101050032.html|date=4 January 2011 |title=Uganda: New Shimoni Teachers' College Opens in Kira Town |first=Conan |last=Businge |location=Kampala

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In January 2018, Shimoni Demonstration School, the teaching school for the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, was opened at Kitikifumba, adjacent to the college.{{cite web|title=New Shimoni Demonstration School opens in Kira |last=Nangonzi | first=Yudaya |access-date=15 February 2018 |date=25 January 2018 |url=http://observer.ug/news/headlines/56718-new-shimoni-demonstration-school-opens-in-kira.html |location=Kampala | newspaper=The Observer (Uganda)}}

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• Nsasa
• Kasangati

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• [http://allafrica.com/stories/200909140392.html Uganda: Teachers College At Kira to Be Ready in June]

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Category:Kira Town

Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda

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