Mutolere
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Mutolere is a neighborhood in Kisoro Municipality, Kisoro District, in the Western Region of Uganda.{{cite web| url=http://www.maplandia.com/uganda/kisoro/bufumbira/mutolere/ | title=Detailed Map of Mutolere And Near Places |date=2019 | publisher=Maplandia.com |access-date=12 April 2019 | author=Maplandia}}
Location
Mutolere is located in the northern part of Kisoro Town, approximately {{convert|6|km|0}}, north of the central business district of the town.{{cite web| url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?vr=apes&fromplace=Kisoro,Uganda&toplace=Mutolere,Uganda | title=Distance between Kisoro, Uganda and Mutolere, Uganda | publisher=Globefeed.com |author=Globefeed.com |date=12 April 2019 |access-date=12 April 2019}} This approximately {{convert|78|km|0}}, by road, west of Kabale, the largest town in the Kigezi sub-region.{{cite web| url=https://distancecalculator.globefeed.com/Uganda_Distance_Result.asp?vr=apes&fromplace=Kabale,%20Uganda,Uganda&toplace=Mutolere,%20Uganda,Uganda |title=Distance between Kabale, Uganda, and Mutolere, Uganda |publisher=Globefeed.com |author=Globefeed.com |date=12 April 2019 |access-date=12 April 2019}} The geographical coordinates of the Mutolere neighborhood are 01°14'56.0"S, 29°42'49.0"E (Latitude:-1.248889; Longitude:29.713611).{{google maps|access-date=12 April 2019 | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/1%C2%B014'56.0%22S+29%C2%B042'49.0%22E/@-1.2515633,29.7191738,2780m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-1.2488889!4d29.7136111 |title=Location of Mutolere, Kisoro, Uganda}} Mutolere lies at an average elevation of {{convert|1823|m|0}}, above sea level.{{cite web|title=Elevation of Mutolere, Kisoro, Uganda |url=http://www.floodmap.net/Elevation/ElevationMap/?gi=228706 | publisher=Floodmap.net |author=Floodmap |access-date=12 April 2019 |date=2019}}
Points of interest
These are some of the points of interest in or near Mutolere:
Mutolere is the location of St. Francis Hospital Mutolere, a 220-bed community hospital, owned and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale. The hospital has an affiliated nurses and midwives school, the Mutolere School of Nursing and Midwifery.{{cite news|url=http://www.kilroyfoundation.net/grants/a-picture-diary-of-uganda-by-thalia-reitsema/ |title="My Picture Diary of Uganda": by Thalia Reitsema (2015)|publisher=Kilroyfoundation.net |first=Thalia |last=Reitsema |newspaper=Kilroy Foundation |date=2015 |access-date=12 April 2019 |location=Copenhagen, Denmark}}
Another institution in the neighborhood is Mutolere Senior Secondary School, (also St. Paul's Secondary School, Mutolere), a residential all-boys middle and high school (grades 8-13). Former students at this school, include Kale Kayihura, the former Inspector General of Police, in the Uganda Police Force and Harrison Mutikanga, the Managing Director of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited. Kasobede Dan (Station manager 91.1 Kisoro FM Radio) The student body at this school exceed 1,000.{{cite web| url=https://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/1000-mutolere-students-sent-home-after-strike |title=1000 Mutolere Students Sent Home After Strike |publisher=Uganda Radio Network |date=15 July 2013 |access-date=12 April 2019 |first=Dan |last=Kasobede | location=Kampala}} Nixon Kamugisha a Systems Administrator (Cyber Security) at Soroti University
Other establishments in the neighborhood include St. Gertrude Girls School.{{google maps|access-date=12 April 2019|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/St.+Gertrude+Girl+School,+Uganda/@-1.2607755,29.7238885,711m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sSt.+Paul's+Secondary+School,+Mutolere!3m4!1s0x19dc3e9a3e113535:0xd3ab3707e492ed28!8m2!3d-1.2611878!4d29.7263156 |title=Location of St Gertrude Girls School, Mutolere, Kisoro, Uganda}}
See also
- Kale Kayihura
- Sam Bitangaro
- Harrison Mutikanga
- Kasobede Dan
- [https://sun.ac.ug/personnel/kamugisha-nixon/ Nixon Kamugisha]
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