Kyankwanzi
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Kyankwanzi is a District in Buganda Region of Uganda. It is one of the major political and economic centres of Kyankwanzi District and the district headquarters are located in Butemba Town Council.
Location
Kyankwanzi Town in Kyankwanzi District, Uganda, is located on Bukwiri-Kyankwanzi-Bukomero Road, 25 km off Kampala-Hoima Road. By road, it is approximately {{convert|175|km|mi}} from the capital Kampala, and is connected with nearby towns of Butemba to the west, Bukomero to the southeast, and Kiboga about {{convert|55|km|mi}} to the south via Bukwiri on Kampala-Hoima Road. The coordinates of the town are:01 12 00N, 31 48 00E (Latitude:1.2000; Longitude:31.8000).
Overview
Kyankwanzi is situated along the "cattle corridor," heavily inhabited by the cattle-keeping Banyankole and Banyarwanda residents. As such, Kyankwanzi has long been known to the public as the location of the National Leadership Institute (NALI), a government institute, established here because of the history of the Ugandan Bush War by the National Resistance Movement to train national leaders in the public service, military, government security organs and willing members of the populace.{{cite web|title=100 Security Officers Graduate|publisher=New Vision|date=26 December 2007|accessdate=15 May 2014|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/603674|last=Baguma|first=Raymond|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517152818/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/603674|archive-date=17 May 2014|url-status=dead}} When the Act of Parliament ordered inception of a new district in Kiboga North County, formerly part of Kiboga District, the town became the eponym of the district because of people's historical association of the place with the region. The Kyankwanzi District Headquarters' seat is rather in Butemba Town, located closer to Kampala-Hoima Road.
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within the town limits or near its borders:
- The offices of Kyankwanzi Town Council
- Kyankwanzi Central Market
- National Leadership Institute (NALI) - An institute for training national leaders in public service, the military and state security organs. It started with President Museveni's National Resistance Army, present-day Uganda People's Defence Force, when it embarked on armed rebellions to attack the Obote administration in 1981, commonly known as Ugandan Bush War of 1981- 1986.
- Beatrice Secondary School Kyankwanzi{{Cite web|url=https://www.bssk-uganda.org/kyankwanzi/en/|title=BSSK Uganda – Education opens doors|website=www.bssk-uganda.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-11-11}} - A secondary school with sponsors from Switzerland
See also
References
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External links
- [https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1.2000,+31.8000&aq=&sll=37.160317,-112.5&sspn=40.239151,191.601563&ie=UTF8&ll=1.198023,31.807222&spn=0.024885,0.093555&z=14 Location of Kyankwanzi At Google Maps]
{{Kyankwanzi District}}
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Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda