Zana is a neighborhood in
Ssabagabo Municipality, Kyaddondo County,
Wakiso District
Wakiso District is a Districts of Uganda, district in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira Town, Kira, the count ...
, in
Central Uganda. The place was named after a powerful business woman in 80s called Zana.
Location
Zanaa is bordered by Wankulukuku and Namasuba to the north, the
Kampala-Entebbe Road and
Najjanankumbi to the east,
Lubowa to the south and Bunamwaya to the west.
This location is approximately , by road, south of
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024) and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kampala, Kawempe Division, Kawempe, Makindy ...
, the capital of
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
and the largest city in the country. The geographical coordinates of Zana are: 0°15'52.0"N, 32°33'26.0"E
(Latitude:0.264444; Longitude:32.557222).
Overview
Zana is one of the neighborhoods in Ssabagabo Municipality, in sub-urban Wakiso District, immediately south of Kampala, on the road to
Entebbe
Entebbe is a city in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda pri ...
, the location of Uganda's largest civilian and military airport,
Entebbe International Airport
Entebbe International Airport is the only international airport in Uganda. It is located about southwest of the town of Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria. This is approximately by road south-west of the central business distric ...
.
The neighborhood is a middle-class mixed-use community, with large and medium-sized businesses along the Entebbe Road, with residences further away from the main road. Large businesses in the neighborhood, include a sales office and
show room belonging to ''Uganda Baati Limited'', a manufacturer of corrugated iron sheets and steel construction materials.
Another business in the neighborhood is the ''Life Line International Hospital'', owned by
Charles Ibingira, which opened in December 2018.
On the 7th of June 2024, malaria and public health activist,
Precious Baba in collaboration with the students of
Zana Parents’ School organized a cleanup exercise to curb the spread of neglected tropical diseases in the community. They swept and cleaned trenches and sewage in an effort to help reduce the spread of diseases in the community. The
New Vision
The ''New Vision'' is a Ugandan English-language daily newspaper. It was established in its current form in 1986 by the Government of Uganda. It is the flagship newspaper of the state-owned Vision Group, a multimedia conglomerate. Along with ...
,
BigEye.Ug and
Nile Post were among the present media houses.
See also
*
List of hospitals in Uganda
The largest state-owned hospital in Uganda is Mulago Hospital in Kampala with around 1,500 beds. It was built in 1962.
Ian Clarke (physician), Ian Clarke, a physician and missionary from Northern Ireland, built the 200-bed International Hospital K ...
*
Entebbe-Kampala Expressway
References
External links
Namasuba, The secure havenAs of 8 August 2016.
{{Wakiso District
Ssabagabo
Populated places in Central Region, Uganda
Cities in the Great Rift Valley
Wakiso District