Namulonge is a location in the Central Region of Uganda.

Location

Namulonge is located in North Kyaddondo Constituency, 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 the Central Region of Uganda. Its location is approximately , by road, north of

Gayaza Gayaza is a town in Wakiso District in the Buganda Region of Uganda. Location Gayaza is in the North Kyaddondo Constituency, Kyaddondo County. The town is approximately , north-east of Kasangati, on the ''Kampala–Ziroobwe Road''. This is ap ...

. This location is approximately , by road, northeast of

Kampala Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Ruba ...

, Uganda's capital city.Map Showing Distance Between Kampala and Namulonge
/ref> The coordinates of Namulonge are:00 31 30N, 32 36 54E (Latitude:0.5250; Longitude:32.6150).

Overview

Namulonge is a small town where the main employer is the National Crops Resources Research Institute, a public agricultural research institution. A

civilian Civilians under international humanitarian law are "persons who are not members of the armed forces" and they are not "combatants if they carry arms openly and respect the laws and customs of war". It is slightly different from a non-combatant, b ...

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

, Namulonge Airport, belonging to Namulonge Agronometry Station is located there. There is a

golf course A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played. It consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a tee box, a fairway, the rough and other hazards, and a green with a cylindrical hole in the ground, known as a "cup". Th ...

in town.

Population

The exact population of Namulonge is not known, as of January 2010.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie within Namulonge or close to her borders: * The National Crop Research Institute * Namulonge Agronometry Station - A government-owned

meteorological Meteorology is a branch of the atmospheric sciences (which include atmospheric chemistry and physics) with a major focus on weather forecasting. The study of meteorology dates back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not ...

station * Mary Louise Sumkins Memorial Golf Course - A private golf course * Namulonge Airport - A small civilian airport belonging to Namulonge Agronometry Station * The Gayaza-Ziroobwe Road - The road cuts through town in a south to north direction

References

{{coord, 00, 31, 30, N, 32, 36, 54, E, display=title Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Cities in the Great Rift Valley Wakiso District