Kigo is a neighborhood in the town of

Ssabagabo Ssabagabo, also known as Makindye-Ssabagabo or Ssabagabo-Makindye, is a municipality in Uganda. Location The town is located in the hitherto unincorporated Wakiso District, immediately south of Kampala's Makindye Division. It includes the followi ...

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. The name also refers to Kigo Hill, that forms part of the neighborhood.

Location

Kigo is located in the south-eastern corner of Ssabagabo Municipality in Busiro County,

Wakiso District Wakiso District is a district in the Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira, the country's second largest city and suburb of Kampala, is in ...

, in Uganda's Buganda Region. It is bordered by

Lweeza Lweeza, also Lweza, is a neighborhood in the Buganda Region of Uganda. The correct phonetic spelling consistent with the local Ganda language is Lweeza. Location The neighborhood is located in the newly created municipality of Ssabagabo. Lweeza ...

and Mutungo to the west, Ndejje-Lubugumu to the north-west, Kanaba Trading Centre to the north, Kubbiri and

Munyonyo Munyonyo is an area on the northern shores of Lake Victoria and part of the metropolitan area of Kampala, in Makindye Division. Location Munyonyo is bordered by Lake Victoria to the south, Bulingugwe Island to the southeast, Ggaba to the eas ...

to the north-east,

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and Busaabala to the east and

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to the south. The road distance between Kampala's central business district and Kigo is approximately . The coordinates of Kigo are 0°12'25.0"N, 32°35'38.0"E (Latitude:0.206944; Longitude:32.593889).

Overview

Kigo is located in fast-growing Ssabagabo Municipality, which is predominantly affluent and residential. The

Lake Victoria Serena Resort Lake Victoria Serena Resort is a 5-star hotel in Lweeza, in Wakiso District, in Uganda, on the shores of Lake Victoria, Africa's largest fresh-water lake. Location The resort is located on the Lweeza-Kigo Road, in Lweeza, Kigo Zone, in the parlia ...

, one of the two

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properties in the country, with its expansive 9-hole golf course is located in this neighborhood. Mirembe Villas a residential development of upmarket apartments and condominiums lies immediately east to the Serena Resort Golf Course. The

Kajjansi Kajjansi is a town in Central Uganda. It is one of the urban centers in Wakiso District. Location The township is situated on the tarmacked, all-weather Kampala - Entebbe Road. Kajjansi is located approximately , by road, south of Kampala, Ugand ...

–

extension of the

Entebbe–Kampala Expressway The Entebbe–Kampala Expressway, also known as the "Kampala–Entebbe Expressway" or the "Entebbe–Kampala Highway", is a four-lane toll highway in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda. The highway links Entebbe International A ...

, passes through the neighbourhood in a general west to east direction, before it turns northeasterly to end at Munyonyo, thus forming patrt of the

Kampala Southern Bypass Highway The Kampala Southern Bypass Highway is a proposed four-lane, dual carriage highway in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting, Bweyogerere, in the Wakiso District, to Munyonyo in the Makindye Division of Kampala, the largest city and capital o ...

. ''Kigo Medium Security Prison'' is located on a peninsular, in the south-eastern part of the neighborhood. Plans to relocate the prison to make way for commercial development have not been implemented as of January 2019.

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Buganda Kingdom invests in mega US$65m housing project
As of 12 April 2015. {{coord, 00, 12, 25, N, 32, 35, 38, E, display=title Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Wakiso District Ssabagabo

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