Bubulo is a ward in
Manafwa District
Manafwa District is a district in the Eastern Region of Uganda. Manafwa is the district headquarters.
Location
Manafwa District is bordered by Bududa District to the north, Kenya to the east and south, Tororo District to the south-west, and Mba ...
in the east of Uganda.
Location
The Bubulo ward is in Manafwa Town Council, Bubulo West, Manafwa District, Eastern Region, Uganda. The
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, notabl ...
is Am: Tropical monsoon climate.
History
At the end of the 19th century the
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 official ...
leader
Semei Kakungulu Semei may be
*Σεμεϊ, the LXX spelling of Shimei
*Semei Kakungulu, Ugandan religious leader
*Treaty of Semei
*Semey
Semey ( kk, Семей, Semei, سەمەي; cyrl, Семей ), until 2007 known as Semipalatinsk (russian: СемипаР...
led his army into
Bugisu Bugisu sub-region is a region in Eastern Uganda that consists of the following districts:
* Bududa District
* Bulambuli District
* Manafwa District
* Mbale District
* Namisindwa District
* Sironko District
The sub-region is home mainly to the Gi ...
against the Bangokho, then the Bawalasi and Bafumbo further north, and then south to
Busoba where he built a fort named
Nabumali
Nabumali is a village in Mbale District in eastern Uganda. It is known for its high school, which is over 100 years old.
Location
Nabumali is a village in Mbale District.
It is off the Tororo – Mbale road, approximately , south of the city o ...
.
From here he raided into the mountains of southern Bugisu.
In 1901 he created the county of Bubulo to be ruled by his lieutenants.
Bukedi District
Bukedi District was a subdivision of the Eastern Province of the Uganda Protectorate, with headquarters in Mbale. In the early 1920s Bukedi was divided into the Budama, Bugisu and Bugwere districts.
These were recombined into Mbale District during ...
was divided in 1924 into Budama (HQ
Tororo
Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District.
History
Tororo was garrisoned by the Uganda Army's Air and Sea Battalion during the Uganda–Tanzania War ( ...
),
Bugisu Bugisu sub-region is a region in Eastern Uganda that consists of the following districts:
* Bududa District
* Bulambuli District
* Manafwa District
* Mbale District
* Namisindwa District
* Sironko District
The sub-region is home mainly to the Gi ...
(HQ Bubulo) and Bugwere (HG
Mbale
Mbale is a city in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbale District and the surrounding sub-region.
Location
Mbale is approximately , by road, northeast of Kampala, Uganda's capita ...
).
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Populated places in Eastern Region, Uganda