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Bagwere
The Gwere people, or ''Bagwere'', are a Bantu ethnic group in Uganda. Location The Bagwere occupy an area of 2,388.3 km in eastern Uganda, mostly in Budaka District, Pallisa District and Kibuku District, Butebo District, where they make up over 80% of the population. They have the Bagisu, the Basoga, the Balamogi and the Iteso, the Banyole and the Jopadhola (Badama) as their neighbors. The city of Mbale is home to some Bagwere. Bagwere are also found in the following towns in Eastern Uganda: Pallisa, Budaka, Kibuku, Kagumu, Kamonkoli, Kadama, Kabweri, Iki-Iki, Bulangira, Kaderuna, Tirinyi, Butebo and Kakoro. The Bagwere are said to have emigrated to their present area from Bunyoro and Toro, and travelled along Lake Kyoga, crossing River Mpologoma. For this reason all the tribes that settled along the shores Kyoga like; Baluli, Bakenye, Balamogi have a similar language to Lugwere. Their initial area of settlement has shrunk considerably as the Iteso and the Bagisu ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugwere
Gwere, or ''Lugwere,'' is the language spoken by the Gwere people (''Bagwere''), a Bantu people found in the eastern part of Uganda. It has a close dialectical resemblance to Soga and Ganda Ganda may refer to: Places * Ganda, Angola * Ganda, Tibet, China * Ganda, the ancient Latin name of Ghent, a city in Belgium Other uses * Baganda or Ganda, a people of Uganda ** Luganda or Ganda language, a language of Uganda * ''Ganda'' and "Ga ..., which neighbour the Gwere. Gwere, though closest in dialect to its eastern neighbours, also has many words similar to those used by tribes from the western part of Uganda. For example, ''musaiza'' (''a man'') resembles ''mushiiza'' used by the western languages with the same meaning. The Ruli, a somewhat distant people living in central Uganda, speak a language that has almost exactly the same words used in Lugwere, but with a very different pronunciation. Orthography and alphabet * a - a - * aa - aa - Ė* b - ba - ²* bb - bba - * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budaka Town
Budaka is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the chief town of Budaka District, and the district headquarters are located there. Location Budaka is approximately , by road, west of Mbale, the largest city in Uganda's Eastern Region, along the IgangaāTirinyiāKamonkoliāMbale Road. This is approximately , by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the town are:01 01 00N, 33 56 42E (Latitude:1.0150; Longitude:33.9450). Budaka Town is situated at an average elevation of above mean sea level. Population The 2002 national population census estimated the town's population at 17,000. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the 2010 population at 21,100. In 2011, UBOS estimated the population at 21,700. In 2015, UBOS estimated the mid-year population of the town at 24,500. In 2020, according to UBOS, the mid-year population of Budaka was estimated to have increased to 29,100. Of those, 15,100 (51.9 percent) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baganda
The Ganda people, or Baganda (endonym: ''Baganda''; singular ''Muganda''), are a Bantu ethnic group native to Buganda, a subnational kingdom within Uganda. Traditionally composed of 52 clans (although since a 1993 survey, only 46 are officially recognised), the Baganda are the largest people of the bantu ethnic group in Uganda, comprising 16.5 percent of the population at the time of the 2014 census. Sometimes described as "The King's Men" because of the importance of the king, or Kabaka, in their society, the Ganda number an estimated 5.56 million in Uganda. In addition, there is a significant diaspora abroad, with organised communities in Canada, South Africa, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Traditionally, they speak Luganda. History Early history The early history of the Ganda is unclear, with various conflicting traditions as to their origins. One tradition holds that they are descendants of the legendary figure of Kintu, the first human accordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bantu Peoples
The Bantu peoples, or Bantu, are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. They are native to 24 countries spread over a vast area from Central Africa to Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. There are several hundred Bantu languages. Depending on the definition of "language" or "dialect", it is estimated that there are between 440 and 680 distinct languages. The total number of speakers is in the hundreds of millions, ranging at roughly 350 million in the mid-2010s (roughly 30% of the population of Africa, or roughly 5% of the total world population). About 60 million speakers (2015), divided into some 200 ethnic or tribal groups, are found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo alone. The larger of the individual Bantu groups have populations of several million, e.g. the people of Rwanda and Burundi (25 million), the Bagandapeople of Uganda (10 million as of 2019), the Shona of Zimbabwe (15 million ), the Zulu of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basoga
The Soga (or Basoga) are a Bantu ethnic group native to the kingdom of Busoga in eastern Uganda. History Early contact with European explorers Busoga's written history began in 1862. On 28 July Royal Geographical Society explorer John Hanning Speke arrived at Ripon Falls (near Jinja, where the Victoria Nile flows from Lake Victoria and begins its descent to Egypt. Since Speke's route (inland from the East African coast) took him around the southern end of Lake Victoria, he approached Busoga from the west (through Buganda). Having reached his goal (the source of the Nile The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin: Ćman DawÅ« is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered the longest rive ...), he turned northward and followed the river downstream without exploring Busoga. He records, however, being told that ''Usoga'' ( Swahili for Busoga) was an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus' apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Ancient Carthage, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite significant initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamonkoli
Kamonkoli is a town in Budaka District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location The town lies along the IgangaāTirinyiāKamonkoliāMbale Road, approximately , southwest of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. The coordinates of Kamonkoli are 1Ā°04'30.0"N, 34Ā°05'44.0"E (Latitude:1.075005; Longitude:34.095568). Kamonkoli sits at an average elevation of , above sea level. Overview Kamonkoli is the location of the second factory of Uganda Clays Limited, Uganda's largest manufacturer of clay building products. In 2012, ground was broken on a planned Kamonkoli Cement Factory. Further media reports indicate the factory is operational. Kamonkoli is the end of the southeastern leg of the TirinyiāPallisaāKamonkoliāKumi Road The TirinyiāPallisaāKamonkoliāKumi Road is a road in the Eastern Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Tirinyi in Kibuku District, Pallisa in Pallisa District, Kamonkoli in Budaka District, and Kumi in Kumi Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibuku
Kibuku is a town in Eastern Uganda. It is the chief municipal, administrative and commercial center of Kibuku District. Location Kibuku is located approximately , by road, west of Mbale, the largest city in the sub-region. This location is approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in the country. The coordinates of the town are:01 02 15N, 33 50 24E (Latitude:1.0375; Longitude:33.8400). Kibuku does not yet appear on most publicly available maps, as of December 2010. Population In 2013, the population of Kibuku Municipality was estimated at 25,000 people. The next national population census in Uganda is planned for August 2014. Points of interest * The headquarters of Kibuku District Administration * The offices of Kibuku Town Council * Kibuku Central Market - The largest source of fresh produce in the town * Beacon of Hope Uganda - Kibuku offices a non-government community development organization working in Kibuku district Famous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadama
Kadama is a town in Kibuku District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location The town lies along the IgangaāTirinyiāKamonkoliāMbale Road, approximately , southwest of Mbale, the largest city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. This is about , by road north-east of Iganga. The coordinates of Kadama are 01Ā°01'00.0"N, 33Ā°52'49.0"E (Latitude:1.016667; Longitude:33.880278). The town lies at an average elevation of above sea level. Overview Kadama is a rapidly expending urban center, attracting new people from within and from without Kibuku District. Kadama Health Centre IV, Provides free public health services. Despite the presence of national grid electricity, the absence of piped water, lack of garbage collection services and the presence of noise pollution Noise pollution, also known as environmental noise or sound pollution, is the propagation of noise with ranging impacts on the activity of human or animal life, most of them are harmful to a degree. The source of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
