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
| listing = Ultra
Ribu
| language = Kadam/So
| map = Uganda
| map_caption = Location in 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.
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{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
}}
External links
- [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=13047 "Kadam, Uganda" on Peakbagger]
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