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Kingdom Of Igara
The Kingdom of Igara traces its origin from the Kingdom of Mpororo in southwest Uganda. Igara is now the name of a county in Bushenyi District, surrounding the town of Ishaka. The Kingdom of Mpororo dates back in 1650 and was established by great men of the past. Mpororo's first King: Omukama Kamurari was enthroned followed by Omukama Muntu, Kazi, Karagaire, Muzoora, Ntagu, Kinwa and Kamurara II. In 1753 Prince KAHAYA RUTINDANGYEZI RWA MURORWA fought his brother Omukama KAMURARI II and took over the throne. This resulted in the disintegration of the Kingdom of Mpororo and six (6) states emerged from the greater Mpororo Kingdom all led my KAHAYA RUTINDANGYEZI's sons. Under Kahaya Rutindangyezi-from whom all the Bashambo clans descendendMpororoextended its frontiers to include all Kigezi (except the modern Bafumbira saza and part of Kinkizi), the Ankole sazas of Kajara, Igara, sheema and Rwampara (except the low ground south of the Rwizi River) and the northern portion of Ruanda. Kah ...
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Hororo People
The Hororo or Bahororo are a Bantu speaking ethnicity who live mainly in the north of the former Kigezi District of south-western Uganda. In 1905, they were described by a British officer as a "quiet, inoffensive people" who owned cattle. They are made up mostly of the Hima ethnic group and the Iru ethnic group. They reside mainly in Rujumbura in south-western Uganda and are related to the Banyankole, Banyoro, Batooro, Songora and Tutsi peoples respectively. Rujumbura was ruled by the BeeneKirenzi sub-clan with Omukama Karegyesa as their last king. The Bahororo speak a dialect of Nkore-Kiga, ''Ruhororo''. They are subdivided into clans that are similar to those of the kingdom of Ankole. Unlike Ankole, which was ruled by the Hinda clan, Mpororo was led by the Bashambo clan. Rise of the Hororo State The lands that constituted Mpororo were formerly part of the Chwezi empire until its dissolution in the sixteenth century. Prior to the middle of seventeenth century, the area th ...
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Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical .... The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile, Nile basin and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate. It has a population of around 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, includi ...
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Bushenyi District
Bushenyi District is a district in Western Uganda. Like many other Ugandan districts, it is named after its chief town, Bushenyi, where the district headquarters are located. Location Bushenyi District is bordered by Rubirizi District to the northwest, Buhweju District to the northeast, Sheema District to the east, Mitooma District to the south and Rukungiri District to the west. The largest town in the district, Ishaka, is located , by road, northwest of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region. The coordinates of the district are:00 32S, 30 11E. Overview Prior to 2010, Bushenyi District is one of the most western of Uganda's districts, by location. It covered an area of approximately , of which 8.6% was open water, 2.2% was wetland and 18.3% was protected national forest reserve. All that changed on 1 July 2010 when, by Act of Parliament, the old Bushenyi District was split into five new smaller districts, namely: (a) Buhweju District (b) Busheny District; new and smaller ...
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Ishaka
Ishaka is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is one of the municipalities in Bushenyi District. Location Ishaka is located in Igara County, in Bushenyi District, approximately , by road, west of Mbarara, the largest city in the sub-region. This is about , west of Bushenyi, the location of the district headquarters. The coordinates of Ishaka are 0°32'42.0"S, 30°08'18.0"E (Latitude:-0.545006; Longitude:30.138343). Overview Ishaka is a town in Igara County, in Bushenyi District. Together with the neighboring town of Bushenyi, it forms the Bushenyi-Ishaka Metropolitan Area. It is the largest metropolis in the district. The district headquarters are located in Bushenyi. Kampala International University, one of the thirty-one universities in the country maintains its Western Campus in Ishaka. This campus houses Kampala International University's medical school. Population In 2014, the national population census put the population of Bushenyi, including Ishaka, at 41,063. P ...
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Nshenyi
Nshyeni was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752. It was ruled by an Omukama. It is located in Kitwe, Ntungamo, Uganda. In 1901, it became a part of the Kingdom of Ankole, an ancient Ugandan kingdom that encompassed the former independent kingdoms of Igara, Sheema, Bweju, and parts of Mpororo. Today Nshyeni is a village located about 10 kilometers away from Uganda's border with Rwanda and Tanzania. It also became a cultural center, serving as a hub for community tourism. It is being promoted a homestead where visitors can experience the local's culture and way of life. Geography Nsheny is located in an area of many hills, covered in savanna grass and acacia trees. There is a large amount of agricultural crops in the area, especially bananas. See also * Igara *Kajara * Obwera *Rujumbura {{unreferenced, date=March 2021 Rujumbura was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of th ...
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Rujumbura
{{unreferenced, date=March 2021 Rujumbura was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752 in present day Rukungiri, south western Uganda. It was ruled by an Omukama from the Beene Kirenzi sub-clan of the Bashambo. It is more associated with Kigezi than Ankole. Efforts to bring it under Bahinda rule of Ankole in the early 1900s remained futile due to the effective resistance of the Rujumbura people under Omukama Makobore of the Bashambo clan. The short-lived Rujumbura kingdom was ruled by the following kings: *Omukama Kirenzi *Omukama Rwebiraro *Omukama Nyinamanyonyi *Omukama Muhoozi *Omukama Makobore *Omukama Karegyesa The British invasion of Rujumbura through their system of indirect rule and the abolition of kingdoms by the Government of Uganda under President Milton Obote in 1967 contributed to the collapse of the Kingdom of Rujumbura. Despite efforts to have Rujumbura restored along with other Mpororo states, the ...
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Kajara
Kajara was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752. It was ruled by an Omukama. It became a part of the Kingdom of Ankole in 1901. See also * Igara * Nshenyi * Obwera *Rujumbura {{unreferenced, date=March 2021 Rujumbura was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752 in present day Rukungiri, south western Uganda. It was ruled by an Omukama from the Beene Kiren ... * Rukiga References World Statesmen.org Ankole {{Uganda-stub ...
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Obwera
Obwera was one of the six independent kingdoms in present-day Uganda which were established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752. It was ruled by an Omukama. It became a part of the Kingdom of Ankole in 1901. See also * Igara *Kajara *Nshenyi *Rujumbura {{unreferenced, date=March 2021 Rujumbura was one of the six independent kingdoms which was established after the fall of the Kingdom of Mpororo in 1752 in present day Rukungiri, south western Uganda. It was ruled by an Omukama from the Beene Kiren ... * Rukiga ReferencesWorld Statesmen.org Ankole {{Uganda-geo-stub ...
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Rukiga
Kiga (also called ''Rukiga'', ''Ruchiga'', or ''Chiga'') is a Great Lakes Bantu language of the Kiga people (''Bakiga''). Kiga is a similar and partially mutually intelligible with the Nkore language. It was first written in the second half of the 19th century. Kiga is largely spoken in the ancient Kigezi region which includes about 5 districts, namely Rubanda, Rukiga, Kabale, Kanungu and some parts of Rukungiri. As of 2021, Kiga is spoken natively by about 1.3 million people in Uganda. Kiga is so similar to Nkore (84%–94% lexical similarity) that some argue they are dialects of the same language, called Nkore-Kiga by Charles Taylor. Phonology * Sounds /i, u/ can also range to ª, ÊŠwhen short or lax. * /a/ can range from a central ¤to a back ‘sound. * /r/ can also be heard as a glide ¹in free variation. * /b/ can be heard as ‹in intervocalic positions. Orthography * a - * b - * ch/c - ͡ʃ* d - * e - ›* f - * g - /gʲ* h - * i - * j - Í¡Ê’* k - /kʲ* ...
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