Kabale District is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

in the Western Region of

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Kabale Kabale is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the chief town of Kabale District, and the district headquarters are located there. Sometimes nicknamed “Kastone” as in the local language Rukiga, a “kabale” is a small stone. Lo ...

hosts the district headquarters. It was originally part of

Kigezi District Kigezi District once covered what are now Kabale District, Kanungu District, Kisoro District and Rukungiri District, in southwest Uganda. Its terraced fields are what gives this part of Uganda its distinctive character. Kigezi was popularly known ...

, before the districts of

Rukungiri Rukungiri is a town in Rukungiri District of the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the district headquarters. Location Rukungiri is approximately , by road, north of Kabale, the largest city in the Kigezi sub-region. This is about , ...

Kanungu Kanungu is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the location of the district headquarters for Kanungu District. Location Kanungu is located approximately , on a winding dirt road, southwest of the town of Rukungiri, the nearest large ...

Kisoro Kisoro is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the chief town of Kisoro District and the site of the district headquarters. Location Kisoro is approximately , by road, west of Kabale, the largest city in the Kigezi sub-region. This is ...

Rubanda Rubanda is a town in the extreme southwest of the Western Region, Uganda, Western Region of Uganda. It serves as the commercial, political and administrative center of Rubanda District. Location Rubanda is located approximately , by road, west of ...

and

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 t ...

and were excised to form separate districts. Kabale is sometimes nicknamed "Kastone" as in the local language

, a "kabale" is a small stone.

Location

The Kabale District is bordered by

Rukungiri District Rukungiri District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. The town of Rukungiri is the site of the district headquarters. Location The district is bordered by Lake Edward to the North West, Rubirizi District to the northeast, Mitooma D ...

to the north,

Rukiga District Rukiga District is a district in Western Uganda. Its capital is Mparo. However, the largest urban center in the district is Muhanga. Location Rukiga District is bordered by Ntungamo District to the east, the Republic of Rwanda to the southeast ...

to the north-east, Rwanda to the east and south,

Rubanda District Rubanda District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. The largest town in the district, Rubanda, serves as the main administrative and commercial center in the district. Location Rubanda District is bordered by Kabale District to the ...

to the west, and

Kanungu District Kanungu District is a district in the Western Region of Uganda. The town of Kanungu is the site of the district headquarters. The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in Kanungu District is among the sites shown in aerial footage in the movie Black Panth ...

to the north-west. Kabale is approximately , by road, southwest of the city of

Mbarara Mbarara City is a city in the Western Region of Uganda and the second largest city in Uganda after Kampala. The city is divided into 6 boroughs of Kakoba Division, Kamukuzi Division, Nyamitanga Division, Biharwe Division, Kakiika Division, ...

, the largest urban centre in Uganda's Western Region. Kabale is located approximately , by road, south-west of

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, the capital of Uganda. Kabale sits approximately , north of the town of

Katuna Katuna is a town in the Kabale District of Uganda at the border with Rwanda. The town is also called "Gatuna" in the Kinyarwanda language. Location Katuna is located on the Ugandan border with Rwanda, in extreme southwestern Uganda. The town is ...

at the international border with Rwanda.

Population

The national population census and household survey of 27 August 2014, enumerated the population of the district at 230,609. The

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(UBOS) estimated the district population, as constituted on 1 July 2020, at 248,700. Of these, 120,000 are estimated to be males and the remaining 128,700 are estimated to be females. UBOS calculated the average annual population growth rate at 1.3 percent, between 2014 and 2020.

Notable people

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, Ugandan MP infamous in the international community for authoring the 2009 Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill *

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, former Prime Minister *

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, Former Prime Minister of Uganda * Ezra Suruma, economist *

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, governor of Bank of Uganda *

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. *

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, Retired Judge * Paul Ngologoza OBE, KSG, Author *

Anne Kansiime Kansiime Kubiryaba Anne (born 13 April 1986) and popularly known as Anne Kansiime, is a Ugandan entertainer, comedian, and actress. She has been referred to as "Africa's Queen of Comedy" by some African media outlets. Background and education ...

, comedienne, actress, and entertainer

References

External links

Overview of Kabale District In 2013
{{Uganda districts Kigezi sub-region Districts of Uganda Western Region, Uganda

Location

Population

Notable people

See also

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