Nkokonjeru
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Nkokonjeru is a town council in Buikwe District in the Central Region of Uganda with villages such as: Namaliiri, Kigulu, Mulajje, Naziwanga, Ndolwa, Buira, Bukasa, Wabiduuku, Nsuube and Nkokonjeru Central.{{cite web |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/646770-nalugo-s-gospel-proper-nutrition-starts-at-the-breast.html | title=Nalugo’s Gospel: Proper Nutrition Starts At The Breast | accessdate=20 July 2015 | date=2 September 2013 | newspaper=New Vision | location=Kampala | first=Agnes | last=Kyotalengerire}} The town's name means "White Chicken".{{cite web | newspaper=New Vision | last=Okwera | url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/233/652818 | title=A Sacred Tree Built Nkokonjeru Chapel | accessdate=20 July 2015 | date=3 October 2008 | location=Kampala | first=Oyet}}
Geography
Nkokonjeru is approximately {{convert|16|km|mi}} southwest of Buikwe, the location of the district headquarters.{{google maps|
url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Buikwe/Nkokonjeru/@0.324508,32.9250066,11z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dded1f0932639:0xc64bd141115f53b3!2m2!1d32.9888319!2d0.3144046!1m5!1m1!1s0x177de7f776190e1f:0x1d3b14b968fb49a2!2m2!1d32.910938!2d0.249508!3e0 | title=Road Distance Between Buikwe, Uganda And Nkokonjeru, Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021}} The town is approximately {{convert|44|km|0}}, by road, southwest of Njeru, the largest urban centre in the district.{{google maps|
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title=Road Distance Between Njeru, Uganda And Nkokonjeru, Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021}}
This is approximately {{convert|55|km|mi}}, by road, southeast of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Kampala/Nkokonjeru/@0.3061827,32.6107026,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x177dbc0f9d74b39b:0x4538903dd96b6fec!2m2!1d32.5825197!2d0.3475964!1m5!1m1!1s0x177de7f776190e1f:0x1d3b14b968fb49a2!2m2!1d32.910938!2d0.249508!3e0 |title=Road Distance Between Kampala, Uganda And Nkokonjeru, Uganda |access-date=5 January 2021}}
The coordinates of Nkokonjeru are 0°14'22.0"N, 32°55'23.0"E (Latitude:0.239444; Longitude:32.923056).{{google maps |title=Location of Nkokonjeru, Buikwe District, Uganda |
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Overview
Nkokonjeru was the location of a traditional shrine where the Baganda used to sacrifice white chicken prior to 1890. In 1891, the Mill Hill Fathers established a Catholic Parish in the area. When lightning felled the sacrifice tree, the missionaries used the wood to burn bricks and build the Parish Church. Subsequently, they built schools, a hospital and a teacher's college. The Catholic Parish of Nkonkonjeru had over 45,000 registered parishioners, as of August 2009.{{cite web|title=Nkokonjeru Catholic Parish Through 111 Years|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/233/638561|first=Juliet|
last=Lukwago|accessdate=20 July 2015|date=11 July 2008|
newspaper=new Vision|location=Kampala}}
Population
In 2015, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), estimated the mid-year population of Nkokonjeru at 9,200. In 2020, the population agency estimated the population of the town at 10,100. Of these, an estimated 5,400 (53.5 percent) were females and an estimated 4,700 (46.5 percent) were males. UBOS calculated the average annual population growth rate of the town at 1.88 percent, between 2015 and 2020.{{cite web| title=Estimated Population of Nkokonjeru, Uganda |date=14 June 2020 |publisher=Citypopulation.de |access-date=5 January 2021 | url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uganda/central/admin/buikwe/SC0531__nkokonjeru/ |author=Uganda Bureau of Statistics | format=Citypopulation.de Quoting Uganda Bureau of Statistics}}
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie within or near Nkokonjeru:
1. The offices of Nkokonjeru Town Council
2. Nkokonjeru Church of Uganda Primary School
3. St. Paul's Primary School, Nkokonjeru
4. St. Peter's Secondary School, Nkokonjeru
5. Nkokonjeru Teacher Training College
6. Nkokonjeru Technical College
7. Nkokonjeru Roman Catholic Church
8. Stella Maris Boarding Primary School, Nsuube
9. Stella Maris College, Nsuube
10. St. Alphonsus Demonstration School
11. St. Anthony Convent Secondary School
12. Rural Agency for Sustainable Development, a Non-governmental organization
13. Nkokonjeru Savings and Credit Co-operative
14. Mother Kevin Vocation Institute
15. The Mukono–Kyetume–Katosi–Nyenga Road, passes through the middle of town in a general east to west direction
16. St. Francis Hospital Nkokonjeru, a 60-bed community hospital administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugazi{{cite web| title=Nkokonjeru Hospital Gets X-ray Machine |url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/news/1172273/nkokonjeru-hospital-ray-machine |newspaper=New Vision |date=26 January 2007 |author=New Vision |access-date=5 January 2021 | location=Kampala}}
See also
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Category:Populated places in Central Region, Uganda