Kalangala is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kalangala which is located on Bugala Island, the largest of the Ssese Islands of Lake Victoria.
Kalangala District is bordered by Mpigi District and Wakiso District to the north, Mukono District to the northeast and east, the Republic of Tanzania to the south, Rakai District to the southwest and Masaka District to the west. Kalangala, the ...
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Kalangala is a district in central Uganda. Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Kalangala which is located on Bugala Island, the largest of the Ssese Islands of Lake Victoria.
Kalangala District is bordered by Mpigi District and Wakiso District to the north, Mukono District to the northeast and east, the Republic of Tanzania to the south, Rakai District to the southwest and Masaka District to the west. Kalangala, the district headquarters is located approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi), across water, southwest of Entebbe, in Wakiso District. The coordinates of the district are: 00 26S, 32 15E.
Kalangala District covers an area of 9,066.8 square kilometres (3,500.7 sq mi), of which only 432.1 square kilometres (166.8 sq mi) (4.8%) is land and the rest is open water. The district is made up of eighty four (84) widely scattered islands in the northwestern part of Lake Victoria of which only forty three (43) are inhabited. The biggest island is Bugala Island...
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