Kibuli is a hill in the centre of

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, the capital and largest city in

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. The area is a suburb in the city centre and its name also applies to the commercial and residential neighbourhoods on that hill.

Location

Kibuli Hill is bordered by Kololo to the north,

Nakawa Nakawa is an area in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital. It is also the location of the headquarters of Nakawa Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala. Location Nakawa is located on the eastern edge of the city of Kamp ...

and

Mbuya Mbuya is a hill in southeastern Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The hill rises above sea level. The name also applies to the upscale residential neighborhood that sits on that hill, as well as the government military installations located ...

to the northeast,

Namuwongo Namuwongo is a location in Kampala, the capital of Uganda and the largest city in that country. Location Namuwongo is located in Makindye Division, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala. It is bordered by Lugogo to the north, Nak ...

to the east, Muyenga to the southeast, Kabalagala to the south,

Nsambya Nsambya is a hill in the center of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. The name also refers to the upscale and middle-class neighborhoods that have been developed on the hill and its slopes. Location Nsambya is located approximate ...

to the southwest, the Queen's Clock Tower to the east and Nakasero to the northeast. Kibuli is located approximately east of Kampala's

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. The coordinates of Kibuli Hill are:0°18'36.0"N, 32°35'42.0"E (Latitude:0.3100; Longitude:32.5950). Kibuli Hill rises , above

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Overview

The land where the Kibuli Mosque stands today was donated by Prince Nuhu Mbogo, a member of the

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Royal Family, who built the first mosque there in 1892. Prince Badru Kakungulu, a son of Price Nuhu Mbogo donated most of the land to the Ugandan Moselem community. That land today houses Bethany Victory Church,

Kibuli Secondary School Kibuli Secondary School (KSS) is a mixed boarding junior (S1-S4) and senior (S5-S6) school in Uganda. Location KSS is located on Kibuli Hill, in Makindye Division, in the south-central part of the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest ci ...

, Kakungulu Memorial School,

Kibuli Hospital Kibuli Hospital, sometimes referred to as Kibuli Muslim Hospital (KMH), is a hospital in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. Location KMH is located on Kibuli, Kibuli Hill in Makindye Division, in the southeastern part of Kampala, Ugan ...

and Kibuli Teacher Training College. The hill also accommodates a police training school. At the base of the hill, on the eastern side of Kibuli, is the neighborhood called

, the location of the old Industrial Area of the city and the oil depots of two major oil companies;

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Points of interest

The following points of interest lie on Kibuli Hill: (a)

(b) Kibuli Mosque (c)

, a mixed day and boarding secondary school and (d) Kibuli Teacher Training College. Other points of interest include (e) Uganda Police Force Training Academy (f)

Habib Medical School Habib Medical School (HMS) is the school of medicine of the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU), one of Uganda's private universities. The school is the newest medical school in the country, having been part of IUIU since 2014. The school provide ...

, the medical school of the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) and (g)

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, an upscale private school (Grades: PreK through Grade 13).

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