Sango Bay is a settlement in the southern part of the Central Region of

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Location

Sango Bay is located in ''Sango Bay Parish'', Kakuuto Sub-County, Kyotera District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. This is approximately , by road, south-east of Kyotera, where the district headquarters are located. Sango Bay is located approximately , by road, north-east of the town of Mutukula, Uganda, at the international border with

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

. The geographical coordinates of Sango Bay are:00°53'38.0"S, 31°43'22.0"E (Latitude:-0.893889; Longitude:31.722778). Sango Bay lies at an average elevation of above sea level.

Overview

Sango Bay is a fishing village, with

Lake Nalubaale Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface area after L ...

within walking distance to the east of Sango Bay. The area where the settlement is located is known as ''Sango Bay Conservation Area'', bordered by the Tanzanian border to the south, Lake Nalubaale to the east, the

Masaka–Mutukula Road Masaka–Mutukula Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the town of Masaka, in Masaka District, to the border town of Mutukula in Rakai District. Location The road stars in Masaka, near the Uganda Police barracks, where th ...

to the west and ''Lake Nabugabo Conservation Area'' to the north. The vegetation is characterised by

wetland A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...

grassland A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae). However, sedge (Cyperaceae) and rush (Juncaceae) can also be found along with variable proportions of legumes, like clover, and other herbs. Grasslands occur natur ...

s and

forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

s. Over 300,000 ''

Chlidonias leucopterus The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (''Chlidonias leucopterus'' or ''Chlidonias leucoptera''), is a species of tern in the family Laridae. It is a small species generally found in or near bodies of fresh water across much of the w ...

'' have been recorded in the area, as late as 1994. ''

Ardeola ralloides The squacco heron (''Ardeola ralloides'') is a small heron, long, of which the body is , with wingspan. It is of Old World origins, breeding in southern Europe and the Greater Middle East. Behaviour The squacco heron is a migrant, wintering ...

'', ''

Pelecanus onocrotalus The great white pelican (''Pelecanus onocrotalus'') also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican is a bird in the pelican family. It breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and Africa, in swamps and shallow lakes. ...

'', ''

Pelecanus rufescens The pink-backed pelican (''Pelecanus rufescens'') is a bird of the pelican family. It is a resident breeder in the swamps and shallow lakes of Africa and southern Arabia; it has also apparently extirpated in Madagascar. Taxonomy The pink-backe ...

'' and ''

Hirundo atrocaerulea The blue swallow (''Hirundo atrocaerulea'') is a small bird within the swallow family which is in the order Passeriformes. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the martins (also a passeri ...

'' have been observed in the area. This area was also the location of the ''Sango Bay Resettlement Camp''. The camp was established in 2013, to accommodate over 5,000 people expelled from Tanzania for illegal entry by the then president, Jakaya Kikwete. They included Ugandans, Rwandese, Congolese, Burundians, and stateless people. As of June 2016, the camp had been emptied and the refugees relocated to other camps in Uganda. The Sango Bay area is also the location of

Sango Bay Estates Limited Sango Bay Estates Limited (SBEL), also Sango Bay Estates is a sugar manufacturer in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. Overview SBEL sits on approximately (65,000 hectares) of land. , it is the fifth-largest manufac ...

, a sugar manufacturer established in 1930. Jubilee Revival Church is in Sango Bay.

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Permanent Secretary Advises Government To Repossess Sango Bay
As of 27 November 2008. {{Kyotera District Populated places in Central Region, Uganda Kyotera District

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