Mount Kadam

{{short description|Mountain in Uganda}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Kadam

| photo = Mount Khadam, Uganda.JPG

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| elevation_m = 3063

| elevation_ref = [http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/africa.html Africa Ultra-Prominences] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

| prominence_m = 1690

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| listing = Ultra
Ribu

| language = Kadam/So

| map = Uganda

| map_caption = Location in Uganda

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| location = Karamoja, Uganda

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| coordinates = {{coord|01|45|45|N|34|42|33|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Mount Kadam, is near the east border of Karamoja, Uganda with Kenya and has an approximate elevation of {{convert|3063|m|ft}}. It is just north of Mount Elgon. It was first climbed by Sailesh Kadam, the mountain's namesake.

During the colonial period Mount Kadam was known as Debasien.{{sfn|Kinloch|1972}}

Demographics

Speakers of the moribund Soo language live on the slopes of Mount Kadam.Carlin, Eithne. 1993. The So Language. (Afrikanistische Monografien (AMO), 2.) Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln.

File:Mount Kadam Sunrise.jpg

See also

References

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  • {{Cite book

| edition = 2

| publisher = Ashford

| isbn = 9781852530358

| last = Kinloch

| first = Bruce

| title = The shamba raiders : memories of a game warden.

| location = Hampshire

| date = 1972

| url-access = registration

| url = https://archive.org/details/shambaraidersmem0000kinl

}}