Kimwanyi is a neighborhood in
Kira Municipality
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second-largest city by population. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.
Location
Kira town council was elev ...
,
Wakiso District, in the
Buganda Region of
Uganda.
Kimwanyi also refers to Kimwanyi Parish, in Kira sub-county, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District.
It is one of the six parishes (wards) of Kira Municicipality, namely; Kimwanyi, Kira, Kyaliwajjala, Kireka, Bweyogerere and Kirinnya.
Location
Kimwanyi is in Kimwanyi Ward (Kimwanyi Parish), in northeastern
Kira Municipality
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second-largest city by population. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.
Location
Kira town council was elev ...
,
Wakiso District, in Central Uganda. It is approximately , by road, north of the central business district of
Kira Town.
This is approximately , by road, northeast of downtown
Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.
The Kimwanyi neighborhood is bordered by Nakweero to the north, Kijabijo to the northeast,
Kitukutwe to the east, Kiwologoma to the southeast,
Bulindo
Bulindo is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda.
Location
Bulindo is bordered by Nakweero to the north, Kitukutwe to the northeast, Kigulu to the east, Mulawa to the south, ...
to the south,
Gayaza to the west, and Manyangwa to the northwest. The coordinates of Kimwanyi are 0°27'12.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.453336; Longitude:32.634733).
Kimwanyi sits at an average elevation of , above sea level.
Overview
Kimwanyi is a rural neighborhood. In 2001, a law was passed incorporating the village into the newly created
Kira Municipality
Kira Town, a municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda, is the country's second-largest city by population. It is administered by the Kira Town Council, an urban local government.
Location
Kira town council was elev ...
, the second-largest urban center in Uganda, with a population of 313,761 according to the 2014 national census.
The neighborhood is the location of Kimwanyi Umea Primary School, an elementary school, administered by the Uganda Muslim Community.
Also located there is the ''Namugongo Youth and Women Development Association'' (YWDAN), a
non-profit organization.
Population
In 2002, the national census estimated the population of Kira Municipality at 142,800. Kimwanyi Parish's population at the time was about 6,800 (approximately 5% of the total). In 2014, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), enumerated population of
Kira at 313,761.
Given that data, it is estimated that the population of Kimwanyi Parish (Kimwanyi Ward) in 2014, was about 15,700.
See also
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Bweyogerere
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Kirinnya
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Kireka
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Kyaliwajjala
References
External links
Project Report supported by Japan Water Forum Fund 2012
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Populated places in Central Region, Uganda
Cities in the Great Rift Valley
Kira Town