Nkumba
{{short description|Neighborhood in Uganda}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Wakiso District
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|subdivision_name3 = Busiro
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|subdivision_name4 = Busiro South
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|leader_title = Member of Parliament
|leader_name = Peter Simon Sematimba{{cite web| url=https://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1515700/mp-sematimba-glad |title=MP Sematimba glad it is over |date=28 February 2020 |newspaper=New Vision |access-date=1 April 2020 |author=Chris Kiwawulo |place=Kampala}}
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Nkumba is an urban area in Wakiso District in the Buganda Region of Uganda.{{cite web|url=http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/wakiso-district.html |title=Profile of Wakiso District |author=Uganda Travel Guide |publisher=Uganda Travel Guide |access-date=2 April 2020 |date=2 April 2020 |location=Kampala}} The area is primarily a university town, on account of Nkumba University, a private university that maintains its main campus in the neighborhood.{{cite web|newspaper=Daily Monitor |title=Nkumba, a town with a lot of potential | url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/Nkumba--a-town-with-a-lot-of-potential/689858-5510482-14jxckf/index.html |date=1 April 2020 |author=Tony Mushoborozi |access-date=2 April 2020 |location=Kampala}}
Location
Nkumba is off of the tarmacked Kampala–Entebbe Road. It is approximately {{convert|10|km|0}}, by road, north-east of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. It lies in Katabi Sub-county, in Busiro County, Wakiso District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda.{{cite web|publisher=Land Conflict Mapping Tool |date=2 April 2020 |url=http://www.lcmt.org/uganda/wakiso/katabi/nkumba | title=Nkumba Parish, Katabi Sub-county, Wakiso District, Uganda |author=Land Conflict Mapping Tool |access-date=2 April 2020}}
The geographical coordinates of Nkumba are 0°05'36.0"N, 32°30'22.0" (Latitude:0.093333; Longitude:32.506111).{{google maps|access-date=2 April 2020 |title=Location of Nkumba, Wakiso District, Uganda | url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/0%C2%B005'36.0%22N+32%C2%B030'22.0%22E/@0.05523,32.5224274,2220m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d0.0933333!4d32.5061111}} Nkumba lies at an average elevation of {{convert|1175|m|0}}, above sea level.{{cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/30490768 | title=The Elevation of Nkumba, Wakiso District, Uganda |publisher=Mapcarta.com | author=Mapcarta.com |date=2 April 2020 |access-date=2 April 2020}}
Overview
Nkumba is a mixed-use (commercial and residential), middle class neighborhood. Close to the Kampala–Entebbe Road, the dominant business is the main campus of Nkumba University, with an estimated 12,000 student enrollment. Near the university campus are private student hostels, restaurants, stationery stores, air-time kiosks, banks and related businesses.
Farther inland, away from the highway, the neighbourhood is primarily residential. One can find plots of land for sale, on which to construct a residence, or a business. Closer to the lake, there is potential for resort facilities, which is yet unexploited. Kasenyi Landing Site, a fishing village, lies at the end of the road that connects to Abayita Ababiri, on the Kampala–Entebbe Road.
Prominent people
The paternal grandfather to Queen Sylvia of Buganda, Nelson Edmond Nkalubo Sebugwawo owns a home in Bufulu, Nkumba. Nagginda lived here from the age of about four years of age until the age of about 7 years old, while she attended Lake Victoria Primary School, in nearby Entebbe.{{cite web| url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/SYLVIA-NAGGINDA--THE-GIRL-WHO-BECAME-QUEEN/691232-1929718-ednvu2/index.html | title=Sylvia Nagginda: The Girl Who Became Queen |date=29 July 2013 |newspaper=Daily Monitor |access-date=2 April 2020 | author=Christine W. Wanjala |location=Kampala}}
References
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External links
- [https://nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/ Website of Nkumba University]
{{Wakiso District}}
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