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Wairaka
Wairaka is a settlement in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location Wairaka is located in Kakira Sub-county, Jinja District, approximately , by road, east of the city of Jinja, where the district headquarters are located. This is approximately , by road, east of Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. The geographical coordinates of Wairaka, Uganda are 0°28'29.0"N, 33°15'52.0"E (Latitude:0.474722; Longitude:33.264444). Wairaka's average elevation is above sea level. Overview Wairaka lies along the Jinja–Iganga–Bugiri–Tororo Road (A109 Road), immediately south-west of the town of Kakira, the headquarters of the Madhvani Group of companies. Neighboring locations include Bugembe and Magamaga. The neighborhood is primarily low-income with the major income-generating activities being micro-businesses, subsistence farming, and animal grazing. Available schools include Wairaka Primary School, and ''Muljibhai Madhvani Wairaka College'' (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, sovereign state, while the country of Wales is a component of a multi-part sovereign state, the United Kingdom. A country may be a historically sovereign area (such as Korea), a currently sovereign territory with a unified government (such as Senegal), or a non-sovereign geographic region associated with certain distinct political, ethnic, or cultural characteristics (such as the Basque Country). The definition and usage of the word "country" is flexible and has changed over time. ''The Economist'' wrote in 2010 that "any attempt to find a clear definition of a country soon runs into a thicket of exceptions and anomalies." Most sovereign states, but not all countries, are members of the United Nations. The largest country by area is Russia, while the smallest is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buwenge
Buwenge is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It was proposed as the headquarters of Jinja District in 2009 when local district leaders were lobbying government to grant Jinja city status. However, when the district headquarters were relocated 10 years later, Kagoma, a smaller community in ''Buwenge sub-county'' was selected as the new district headquarters. Location The town is bordered by Luzinga to the northeast, Butamira to the southeast, Mabira to the south, Mawoto to the west and Kiroro to the north. Buwenge is situated on the ''Jinja–Kamuli–Mbulamuti Road'', approximately , by road, north of Jinja, the largest city in the Busoga sub-region. This is about , by road, south of the town of Kamuli. The coordinates of Buwenge Town are: 0°39'01.0"N, 33°10'13.0"E (Latitude:0.650278; Longitude:33.170278). Population In 2014, the national census and population survey put the population of the town at 22,074. In 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics estimated the mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musita
Musita is a town in Mayuge District, in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Location Musita is in Mulingirire parish, Baitambogwe sub-county. It is approximately , by road, west of Iganga, the nearest large town. This is approximately northeast of Jinja, the largest city in the Busoga sub-region. Musita is about , by road, east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda. The coordinates of the Musita are 0°31'40.0"N 33°23'05.0"E (Latitude:0.527778; Longitude:33.384722). Overview The Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road The Musita–Mayuge–Lumino–Majanji–Busia Road is a road in the Eastern Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Musita in Mayuge District to Busia in Busia District at the international border with Kenya. Location The road starts at Mus ... makes a T-junction with the Jinja–Iganga Road (A-109) in the center of Musita town. The central market in Musita had over 1,500 traders in February 2015. References {{Mayuge District Popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language newspaper published daily in print form and online. Overview ''New Vision'' is one of two main national English-language newspapers in Uganda, the other being the ''Daily Monitor''. It is published by the Vision Group, which has its head office on First Street, in the Industrial Area of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city in that East African country. History It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Ugandan government. It was founded in 1955 as the ''Uganda Argus'', a British colonial government publication. Between 1962 and 1971, the first Obote government kept the name of its daily publication as ''Uganda Argus''. Following the rise to power of Idi Amin in 1971, the government paper was renamed ''Voice of Uganda''. When Amin was deposed in 1979, the second Obote government named its paper ''Uganda Times''. When the National Resistance Movement seized power in 1986, the name of the daily newspaper was chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by France to the north, east and west. The principality is home to 38,682 residents, of whom 9,486 are Monégasque nationals; it is widely recognised as one of the most expensive and wealthiest places in the world. The official language of the principality is French. In addition, Monégasque (a dialect of Ligurian), Italian and English are spoken and understood by many residents. With an area of , it is the second-smallest sovereign state in the world, after Vatican City. Its make it the most densely-populated sovereign state in the world. Monaco has a land border of and the world's shortest coastline of approximately ; it has a width that varies between . The hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
