Ndeeba is a neighborhood in the city 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
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's capital.
Location
Ndeeba is located in
Lubaga Division Rubaga Division, also Lubaga Division, is one of the divisions that makes up the city of Kampala, Uganda
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, one of the five administrative divisions of Kampala. It lies on the southern edge of the city. It is bordered by
Mengo to the north,
Katwe
Katwe is an area in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital.
Location
Katwe, located in Makindye Division, is bordered by Nakasero to the north, Nsambya to the east, Kibuye, Uganda, Kibuye and Makindye to the southeast, Ndeeba to the south and Meng ...
to the northeast,
Kibuye to the east,
Makindye
Makindye is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's largest city and capital. The name also refers to the neighborhood that sits on that hill. Makindye is also the seat of Makindye Division, one of the five administrative zones of the city of Kampala.
Loca ...
and
Najjanankumbi
Najjanankumbi is located in Lubaga Division, on the southern edge of the city of Kampala.
Location
Najjanankumbi is located on the southern edge of the city of Kampal
It is bordered by Kibuye, Uganda, Kibuye to the north, Lukuli to the east, ...
to the southeast,
Kabowa to the south,
Mutundwe
Mutundwe is a neighborhood in the town of Ssabagabo in Uganda. The name also refers to Mutundwe Hill, where the neighborhood is located.
Location
Mutundwe is located in the northwestern edge of Ssabagabo municipality in Wakiso District, in Ugan ...
to the west and
Lubaga
Lubaga is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. It comes from the Luganda word ''okubaga'', describing a process of "planning" or "strengthening" a structure while constructing it. For example, ''okubaga ekisenge'' means to stre ...
to the northwest. The road distance between Kampala's
central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...
and Ndeeba is approximately .
Overview
Ndeeba lies on the main highway (A-109), between
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 ...
and
Masaka
Masaka is a city in the Buganda Region of Uganda, west of Lake Victoria. The city is the headquarters of Masaka District.
Location
Masaka is approximately to the south-west of Kampala on the highway to Mbarara. The city is close to the Equator ...
. It was a trading center and a lower middle-class residential area in the 1950s and 1960s. Today, Ndeeba has morphed into a busy
metropolitan area
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with businesses, small industries, retail shops and a thriving farmers market. Many of the leading financial houses in
Uganda
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maintain branches in the area due to the booming business in commercial and retail banking in the neighborhood. Behind the thriving business environment along the main road, lies a sprawling slum with all the challenges that come with crowded, poor, urban living.
Points of interest
The following points of interest lie in or near Ndeeba:
* A branch of
Bank of Africa
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* A branch of
Barclays Bank
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Barclays traces ...
* A branch of
Ecobank
Ecobank, whose official name is Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI), is a pan-African banking conglomerate, with banking operations in 36 African countries. It is the leading independent regional banking group in West Africa and Central Africa, se ...
* A branch of
Equity Bank (Uganda)
Equity Bank Uganda Limited (EBUL), is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda, the central bank and national banking regulator. EBUL is a subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings Limited, a financial service conglomerate with ...
* A branch of
DFCU Bank
DFCU Bank, registered as the Development Finance Company of Uganda Bank Limited, is a commercial bank in Uganda. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda (BoU), Uganda's central bank and national banking regulator.
Overview
As of December 2021, DFC ...
* A branch of
Kenya Commercial Bank
KCB Bank Kenya Limited is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank, by the Central Bank of Kenya, the national banking regulator. The bank has also been running Agency banking mode ...
* A branch of
PostBank Uganda
PostBank Uganda is a commercial bank in Uganda, licensed and supervised by the Bank of Uganda, the country's central bank and national banking regulator. The bank received her tier-1 banking license in December 2021.
Before that, PostBank Uga ...
* A branch of
United Bank for Africa
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* Ndeeba Farmers Market
See also
References
External links
Fire Guts Timber Stores in Kampala
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Neighborhoods of Kampala
Lubaga Division