Butabika is a location in south-eastern

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, the capital city of

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Butabika is bordered by

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 north,

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, a Ward in Kira Municipality to the east,

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and

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to the south, Mutungo to the west and

Kireka Kireka is the name of a township in Central Uganda. It is one of the six townships or ''Wards'' that constitute Kira Municipality in Wakiso District. The other five ''Wards'' in Kira Municipality are Bweyogerere Ward, Kimwaanyi Ward, Kira Ward ...

in Kira Municipality to the northwest. This location is approximately , by road, east of

's central business district. The coordinates of Butabika are:0°19'12.0"N, 32°39'27.0"E (Latitude:0.3200; Longitude:32.6575). Butabika lies approximately above sea level.

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Butabika is the location of the largest mental health hospital in Uganda, with an estimated bed capacity of 900. Butabika National Referral Hospital is the country's only referral hospital specializing in mental health. Prior to 2005, the hospital owned the entire area consisting of over . In 2005, about half of that land was sold to private individuals and institutional developers. One of those developers is Nationwide Properties, a subsidiary of Property Services Limited, develops and sells new homes as well as providing multiple facilities to the area. Nationwide has constructed a housing estate consisting of upscale housing units on of prime land, adjacent to Lake Victoria.

Points of interest

The following points of interest lie in Butabika or near its borders: * Butabika National Referral Hospital - The largest mental health facility in Uganda and the only national mental health referral hospital in the country, admitting in excess of 6,000 mental health patients annually. * The Institute of Clinical Psychiatric Officers (ICPO) - A Uganda Government-owned school that trains Clinical Psychiatric Officers, administered by the

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. * Biina Catholic Cathedral - A place of worship affiliated with the

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. * Royal Palms Housing Estate - An upscale private real estate development by the Mukwano Group of Companies.

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Kampala City GuideButabika National Referral Hospital Homepage
{{coord, 00, 19, 12, N, 32, 39, 27, E, display=title, region:UG_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Neighborhoods of Kampala Populated places on Lake Victoria Nakawa Division

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