Kampala

Summary

Kampala is a city^[1]. Kampala ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,026 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kampala is located in Kampala District^[3].
• Kampala is in the country of Uganda^[4].
• Kampala is on the body of water Lake Victoria^[5].
• Kampala's head of government is recorded as Erias Lukwago^[6].
• Kampala's image is recorded as View from 7th floor on Crane Chambers at Kampala road - panoramio.jpg^[7].
• Kampala's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Kampala's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Kampala's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity^[10].
• Kampala's official language is recorded as English^[11].
• Kampala's official language is recorded as Swahili^[12].
• Kampala's shares border with is recorded as Central Region^[13].
• Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Makindye Division^[14].
• Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rubaga Division^[15].
• Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kawempe Division^[16].
• Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nakawa Division^[17].
• Kampala's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kigali^[18].
• Kampala's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 155937246^[19].
• Kampala's GND ID is recorded as 4109986-2^[20].
• Kampala's locator map image is recorded as Kampala District in Uganda.svg^[21].
• Kampala's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80076329^[22].
• Kampala's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12495624v^[23].
• Kampala's IdRef ID is recorded as 034171193^[24].
• Kampala's Commons category is recorded as Kampala^[25].
• Kampala's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 10546821^[26].
• Kampala's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Kampala is in the country of Uganda^[4]. Kampala is located in Kampala District^[3]. Kampala is on the body of water Lake Victoria^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Kampala's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25343', 'amount': '+189000000'}^[28]. Kampala's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1190'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1659600'}^[30], {'amount': '+1680600'}^[31], {'amount': '+1507080'}^[32], {'amount': '+1189142'}^[33], {'amount': '+774241'}^[34], and {'amount': '+458503'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], big city^[9], and administrative territorial entity^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kampala include Kampala Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Uganda^[38] and Kampala District^[39], a district of Uganda^[40], in Uganda^[41].

Why It Matters

Kampala ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,026 views/month).^[2] Kampala has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] Kampala is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for Kampala include Kampala Airport^[36], an airport^[37], in Uganda^[38] and Kampala District^[39], a district of Uganda^[40], in Uganda^[41].