Mount Kadam, is near the east border of
Karamoja,
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
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and has an approximate elevation of . It is just north of
Mount Elgon
Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border of Uganda and Kenya, north of Kisumu and west of Kitale. The mountain's highest point, named "Wagagai", is located entirely within Uganda. . It was first climbed by Sailesh Kadam, the mountain's namesake.
During the colonial period Mount Kadam was known as Debasien.
Demographics
Speakers of the moribund
Soo language
Soo or So is the Kuliak language of the Tepes people of northeastern Uganda. The language is moribund, with most of the population of 5,000 having shifted to Karamojong, and only a few dozen elderly individuals are still able to speak Soo. Soo ...
live on the slopes of Mount Kadam.
[Carlin, Eithne. 1993. ''The So Language''. (Afrikanistische Monografien (AMO), 2.) Institut für Afrikanistik, Universität zu Köln.]
See also
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List of Ultras of Africa
References
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External links
"Kadam, Uganda" on Peakbagger
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