Kibale County is a county in

Kamwenge District Kamwenge District is a district in Western Uganda. It is named after its 'chief town', Kamwenge, where the district headquarters are located. Kamwenge District is part of the Kingdom of Toro, one of the ancient traditional monarchies in Uganda. ...

in the Western Region of Uganda.

Location

Kibale county is north-east of Kitagwenda County (now in Kitagwenda District), west of Kibale East County, the two counties that form

. It is one of the counties that form the geographical area of

Tooro Kingdom Tooro is a Bantu kingdom located within the borders of Uganda. The current Omukama of Toro is King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV took to the throne of Tooro kingdom in 1995 at the age of just three ...

, one of the ancient traditional monarchies in Uganda. The county consists of six sub-counties: (a) Kamwenge sub-county (b) Kamwenge Town Council (c) Kahunge Town Council (d) Kahunge sub-county (e) Busiriba sub-county and (f) Kabambiro sub-county. Urban centres include

Kamwenge Kamwenge is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the site of the Kamwenge District headquarters. Location Kamwenge is approximately , by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. This is approximately , by road, south ...

, Kahunge, Bigodi, Rugonjo town and Kabuga Town Council.

Overview

Kibale County is predominantly a rural county within the heart of

. It is home to Kibale Forest, one of the biggest natural forests in Uganda. The major economic activities carried out in Kibale County are farming, tourism,

industrialisation Industrialisation ( alternatively spelled industrialization) is the period of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial society. This involves an extensive re-organisation of an econo ...

and trade.

Notable people

This is the list of notable people from Kibale County. *

Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe Abigaba Cuthbert Mirembe (born 24 May 1975) is a Ugandan politician and engineer. He represents Kibale County, Kamwenge District in the parliament of Uganda. He was elected on the ticket of National Resistance Movement in 2017. In the eleventh pa ...

- Member of Parliament for Kibale County in the parliament of Uganda. * Frank Tumwebaze- Former Member of Parliament for Kibale County and current representative of Kibale East Constituency in the parliament of Uganda *

Edward Bamucwanira Edward Bamucwanira (b. 1952) was an Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Pro ...

-The first and former bishop of East Ruwenzori Diocese, a Diocese of

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

dominion. *

George Turyasingura George Turyasingura (born 1968) is an Anglican bishop in Uganda: he has been Bishop of East Rwenzori since 2018. Turyasingura was born in 1968 in Nyamucengere, Kabale District. He was educated at Rwengobe School and Uganda Christian Universi ...

-The current bishop of East Ruwenzori Diocese.

Areas of interest

# Kibale Forest, one of biggest natural forests in Uganda. # River Mpanga, a natural river that passes through Kamwenge District. # Kabuga hill, the location with the highest elevation in Kibale County. # Kahunge town, a town council within the county. # Kamwenge Town, the chief town of

References

{{Kamwenge District Populated places in Western Region, Uganda Kamwenge District }