Kyaliwajjala is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo 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 Central Uganda.

Location

Kyaliwajja is bordered by

Namugongo Namugongo is a township in the Central Region of Uganda. Location Namugongo is in Kyaliwajjala Ward, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, approximately north-east of Uganda's capital Kampala. The township is bordered by Nsasa to the north, ...

to the northeast,

Bweyogerere Bweyogerere is one of the six townships or wards that constitute Kira Municipality in Wakiso District in southern central Uganda. The other five wards are Kimwaanyi, Kira, Kireka, Kirinnya and Kyaliwajjala. Location Bweyogerere is located on the ...

to the southeast,

Naalya Naalya is a township in Kira Municipality, in Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in Uganda. Location Naalya is bordered by downtown Kira to the north, Kyaliwajjala and Namugongo to the northeast, Bweyogerere to the east, Kireka to the southeast ...

to the south,

Najjera Najjera, sometimes spelled as Najjeera is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. Location Najjeera is a component of Kira Municipality, the second largest urban center in Uganda, behind the capit ...

to the west and Downtown Kira to the northwest. This location lies approximately , by road, northeast of

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, the capital of

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and the largest city in the country. The coordinates of Kyaliwajjala are:0°22'48.0"N 32°38'47.0"E (Latitude:0.380000; Longitude:32.646389).

Overview

In the 1960s and 1980s, Kyaliwajjala was a trading center at a road intersection. During the 21st Century it has developed into a bustling urban center with banks, retail shops, gasoline stations, pharmacies and hardware stores. The

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passes through

, to the south of the neighborhood.

Population

During the 2002 national population census, the population of Kyaliwajjala was estimated at about 16,200 or 11.5% of the total population of Kira. In 2011, the population of Kira Municipality was estimated at 179,800, by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS). Using those data, the population of Kyaliwajjala was estimated at about 21,000 inhabitants, in 2011. During 2012, the Kira Municipality authorities estimated Kyaliwajjala's population at about 50,000.

Points of interest

These are some of the points of interest in or near Kyaliwajjala: * The Namugongo Road - Leads to the Uganda Martyr's Basilica at Namugongo * The

- The highway goes through Naalya, about , south of Kyaliwajjala * Naalya Housing Estate - A high-rise condominium and apartment complex constructed by

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* Vienna College - A private, mixed, residential high school (S1 - S4) * The Uganda Martyrs Basilica Namugongo - The basilica lies about , northeast of Kyaliwajjala. * Quality Shopping Mall - A shopping complex anchored by '' Quality Supermarket'' * A branch of

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, located at Quality Shopping Mall * A branch of Guaranty Trust Bank Uganda - Located on Namugongo Road

Photos and diagrams

Photograph of Kyaliwajjala In 2013, at Monitor.co.ug

References

External links

(Luganda) {{Wakiso District Kira Town Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley