Mbarara, beautiful city in Uganda, important transport hub, industry, and infrastructure
Mbarara is a town in the Western Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Mbarara District and the site of the district headquarters.Mbarara is about 290 kilometres (180 mi), by road, southwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[3] Mbarara is an important transport hub, lying west of Masaka on the road to Kabale, near Lake Mburo National Park. The coordinates of the Mbarara central business district are 00 36 48S, 30 39 30E (Latitude:-0.6132; Longitude:30.6582).[4]
Population[edit]
In 2002, the national census estimated the population of the town at 69,400. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) estimated the population at 82,000 in 2010. In 2011, UBOS estimated the mid-year population at 83,700.[5] In August 2014, the national population census put the population at 195,013.[1]
History[edit]
MBARARA GENESIS Early Travellers in Ankole and the Founding of Mbarara by an African, Asian and European Initiative. by David Weekes, (2014) ISBN 9780956550149 describes its founding in 1899 on an old royal site which had been abandoned.
Growth and expansion[edit]
Mbarara came from behind and developed to surpass Entebbe, Masaka, Gulu, and Jinja as the second-largest town in Uganda after Kampala and also second to Kampala in importance, industry, and infrastructure,[6] 3rd largest town in Uganda by population after Kampala and Kira and the fastest growing town in Uganda followed by Gulu.
Starting with 2000, modern buildings have been established including malls, arcades, plaza, and hotels. Modern hospitals have also been constructed including Mbarara Hospital, which is now a National Referral Hospital, Mbarara Community Hospital a private hospital located in Kyamugorani, Kakiika Division,[7] and Mayanja Memorial Hospital located in Nyamityobora Kakoba Division.[8]
On 7 August 2015 the Uganda cabinet approved Mbarara Municipality alongside other 5 municipalities to be [permanent dead link] granted a city status. As of 14 August 2015, the town is waiting for the approval of the parliament and the President.
Infrastructure[edit]
Mbarara is the home of Mbarara University of Science & Technology (MUST), founded in 1989.
With significance for all Ugandan cities, Mbarara was the host to the 2004 Annual General Meeting of the Uganda Local Governments Association on 1 October, which saw the changing of the organisation to its current structure in order to represent all Ugandan local governments. Mbarara remains an active member of this governmental association.[9]
Finance[edit]
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The following financial institutions maintain branches in Mbarara:
Bank of Uganda
National Social Security Fund (Uganda)
Mbarara Bypass Road[edit]
Main article: Mbarara Northern bypass road
The following additional points of interest lie within the city limits or close to its edges:
Administration[edit]
headquarters of Mbarara District Administration
offices of Mbarara Municipal Council
Industry[edit]
Mbarara Brewery - A subsidiary of SABMiller; to be built at a cost of US$80 million.[11][12]
Mbarara Steel Plant - Owned and operated by the China Machine Building International Corporation (CMIC), a Chinese Government parastal company[13]
Social services[edit]
Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital - A 600-bed, public hospital, administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health. The teaching hospital of Mbarara University School of Medicine
Mbarara Community Hospital - A private hospital that serves the community without regard to ability to pay.[14]
Mayanja Memorial Hospital - A private 100-bed hospital[15]
Holy Innocents Children's Hospital - A private 100-bed general pediatric hospital, administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mbarara
Education[edit]
Mbarara University of Science and Technology - One of the six public universities in Uganda.
Uganda Bible Institute.[16]
The Mbarara Campus of Uganda Martyrs University.
The Western Campus of Uganda Management Institute
Bishop Stuart University - A private Christian University, affiliated with the Church of Uganda
Ntare School - A boys-only, boarding middle and high school
Mbarara High School - A residential boys-only middle and high school
Maryhill High School-A girls-only,boarding middle and high school founded by the Daughters of Mary and government aided
Transport[edit]
Mbarara Airport - A public airport, located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), by road northwest of town
Mbarara Bypass Road - A 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) bypass road, currently under construction, circling the northern half of the city.
See also
Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda, commercial center, Tororo Rock
Tororo is a town in the Eastern Region of Uganda. It is the main municipal, administrative, and commercial center of Tororo District. There are many shops, banks, supermarkets here. Tororo acts as a small trading hub where many people come from the surrounding villages to work.
There are a number of ATM's around town with one at Barclay's accepting all major cards. MTN and Airtel mobile agents are throughout towns.Arabic: السفر في أوغندا ، الفنادق ، أوغندا دليل السفر ،
Cebuano: mobiyahe sa Uganda, mga hotel, pag-travel guide sa Uganda,
Czech: cestování Uganda, hotely, Uganda průvodce,
Danish: rejse i uganda, hoteller, uganda rejseguide,
German: Reisen in Uganda, Hotels, Reiseführer für Uganda,
Greek: ταξίδια σε Ουγκάντα, ξενοδοχεία, Ουγκάντα ταξιδιωτικό οδηγό,
Spanish: viajar a Uganda, hoteles, guía de viaje de Uganda,
Persian: سفر در اوگاندا، هتل ها، راهنمای سفر اوگاندا،
French: Voyage en Ouganda, hôtels, guide de voyage en Ouganda,
Hindi: युगांडा, होटल, युगांडा यात्रा गाइड में यात्रा,
Hmong: travel in Uganda, hotels , Uganda travel guide,
Hungarian: Uganda utazás, szállodák, Uganda utazási útmutató,
Indonesian: perjalanan di Uganda, hotel, panduan wisata Uganda,
Italian: viaggiare in Uganda, hotel, guida turistica dell'Uganda,
Japanese: ウガンダの旅行、ホテル、ウガンダの旅行ガイド、
Javanese: lelungan ing Uganda, hotel, pandhuan wisata Uganda,
Khmer: ការធ្វើដំណើរនៅអ៊ូហ្គង់ដា, សណ្ឋាគារ, មគ្គុទ្ទេសក៍ទេសចរណ៍អ៊ូហ្គង់ដា,
Kannada: ಉಗಾಂಡಾ, ಹೋಟೆಲ್ಗಳು, ಉಗಾಂಡಾ ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶಿ,
Korean: 우간다, 호텔, 우간다 여행 가이드,
Lao: ການເດີນທາງໃນອູການດາ, ໂຮງແຮມ, ຄູ່ມືການທ່ອງທ່ຽວອູການດາ,
Maori: haere i Uganda, hotels, Uganda aratohu haerenga,
Malayalam: ഉഗാണ്ട, ഹോട്ടലുകൾ, ഉഗാണ്ട ട്രാവൽ ഗൈഡ്,
Nepali: युगांडा, होटल्समा यात्रा, युगांडा यात्रा गाइड,
Dutch: travel in Uganda, hotels , Uganda travel guide,
Norwegian: reise i Uganda, hoteller, Uganda reiseguide,
Chichewa: travel in Uganda, hotels, Uganda travel guide,
Punjabi: ਯੂਗਾਂਡਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਕਰੋ, ਹੋਟਲ, ਯੂਗਾਂਡਾ ਯਾਤਰਾ ਗਾਈਡ,
Portuguese: travel in Uganda, hotéis, guia de viagem em Uganda,
Russian: путешествия в Уганда, гостиницы, путеводитель по Уганде,
Sundanese: ngarambat dina Uganda, hotél, pituduh perjalanan Kabupatén Majalengka,
Swedish: resa i Uganda, hotell, Uganda reseguide,
Swahili: kusafiri Uganda, hoteli, mwongozo wa kusafiri Uganda,
Thai: การเดินทางในยูกันดา, โรงแรม, คู่มือการท่องเที่ยวยูกันดา,
Filipino: maglakbay sa Uganda, mga hotel, gabay sa Uganda,
Vietnamese: du lịch ở Uganda, khách sạn, Uganda hướng dẫn du lịch,
Chinese: 乌干达旅游，酒店，乌干达旅游指南，
Chinese (Simplified): 乌干达旅游，酒店，乌干达旅游指南，
Chinese (Traditional): 烏干達旅遊，酒店，烏干達旅遊指南，September to December there is rain most days in the late afternoon. The drier and hotter season starts in December.
Points of interest
The following additional points of interest lie within the town limits or near its edges:
The tourist attraction of the town is the dominating rock outcrop that overlooks the town. It is a hike that takes around an hour to the top. There used to be a cable car that took people to the top but this was closed down after a couple of people died in an accident. There is a fee for a tour guide at the bottom of the rock, just off the golf course.
There is a golf course in town with a clubhouse with a pool
Offices of Tororo Town Council
The Tororo central market has been knocked down (Sept 2017) to make way for a new indoor shopping centre that is predicted to be finished in 2020. This has led to a new market starting nearby in water village.
Tororo Hospital,a 200-bed public hospital administered by the Uganda Ministry of Health. Divine Mercy Hospital is a well equipped hospital on Jinja road.
Uganda Martyrs' Cathedral, the seat of the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
St. Anthony's Hospital, a 150-bed mission hospital affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tororo
Christ the King Priory, a Benedictine monastery of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien
Tororo–Mbale–Soroti Road[12] begins here and continues in a northwesterly direction, to end 158 kilometres (98 mi) away at Soroti.
Tororo Airport, a public airport administered by the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda
Tororo Solar Power Station
Busitema University, one of the six public universities in Uganda, located 28 kilometres (17 mi), by road, southwest of the central business district of Tororo town.
Mobile branch of PostBank Uganda
Branch of the National Social Security Fund
Village Food in Central Africa - RWANDAN FOOD and AMAZING DANCING in Rural Rwanda, Africa!
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Muhanga Town - In the morning we first drove from Kigali to Muhanga Town, about an hour outside of Kigali. The green mountain roads were spectacular. Rwanda is known as the land of 1000 hills, and I think that might be an underestimation as there are never ending hills in this part of Central Africa.
After being warmly greeted and welcomed by the community of ladies, we first went to go fetch water. This is something many of us, myself for sure, take for granted. But in the rural countryside of Africa, even in cities, there are many people who have no running water, and when they need water for anything, they must walk to the well or source of freshwater, and carry all the water they need. It’s something to always remember.
Next we got started cooking all the food. Most of the ingredients for the Rwandan feast they cooked were from right there, on the hillside, from the small family farms. We had dozens of different vegetables, and of course - beans which were one of the most important foods of this regions of Africa. It wouldn’t be Rwandan food without beans as I’ve heard! Final dish was akabenz, a famous Rwandan pork dish.
You could taste the freshness of all the ingredients. The food was honestly a little plain for my usual taste buds, but I fully appreciated the natural ingredients, the simplicity of the dishes, and the love poured into each dish.
After eating a giant Rwandan feast, all of a sudden they started breaking out into dance. It was one of the highlights of this entire experience.
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Volcanoes Safaris unveils the newly renovated Mount Gahinga Lodge, nestled in the foothills of the Virunga Volcanoes, on the edge of Mgahinga National Park in Southwest Uganda, as the premier culture and hiking lodge of Uganda.
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Cape Town Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia (4K)
Cape Town sits on South Africa’s Cape Peninsula, where the waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans converge.
Begin your adventure at The Castle of Good Hope, the centerpoint from which the city grew. Nearby you’ll find Company’s Garden, the Parliament Building, and the South African Museum.
Don’t miss the District Six Museum, which gives voice to the 60,000 non-white residents who saw their vibrant multi-racial neighborhood flattened during the darkest days of the Apartheid era.
One neighborhood that was spared from apartheid’s wrecking ball is Bo-Kaap, where traditional Cape Malay culture continues amid the row houses of this colorful hillside suburb.
Visit the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, and explore attractions such as Two Oceans Aquarium. The waterfront is also the gateway to one of the world’s most infamous prisons, Robben Island.
Table Mountain is Cape Town’s most beloved landmark. From the Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, take a walking trail up the mountain, or take the Cableway for the spectacular ride to the viewing area.
Cape Town is one of the world’s great beach cities. From Green Point, the site of Cape Town’s futuristic stadium, follow the coast and discover one incredible beach after another.
Cape Town’s riches don’t end with its beaches, it’s also blessed with some of the best wine country in the world. After touring the acclaimed wineries of Paarl and Stellenbosch, head up Franschhoek Pass and wander hillsides filled with Proteas.
In local tradition, the Protea represents transformation, courage and hope. Cape Town is a city which shares the same soil, so it’s not surprising that it embodies those same qualities too.
Village Food in West Africa - BEST FUFU and EXTREME Hospitality in Rural Ghana!
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It was about a three hour drive from Accra to get to the village. The village was somewhere in the central Cape Coast region of Ghana (however no near to the coast, but much inland). The people from the village were so incredibly friendly, and it was one of the most genuinely hospitable and friendly villages I’ve ever visited. It was an honor and privilege to spend time at the village.
As we arrived, they had already started cooking some Ghanaian food specialties. One the menu, we had banku with okra soup, fufu (a staple of West African food) with palm nut soup, and finally fried plantains with beans. All the food was incredibly good, and it was one of the best bowls of fufu I ate during my entire time in Ghana.
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Tanzania-Africa Part 1
Welcome to my travelchannel.On my channel you can find almost 1000 films of more than 70 countries.
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Tanzania,
At 947,300 km², Tanzania is the world's 31st-largest country. Compared to other African countries, it is slightly smaller than Egypt and comparable in size to Nigeria.
Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peakTanzania is mountainous in the northeast, where Mount Kilimanjaro,Africa's highest peak, is situated. To the north and west are the Great Lakes of respectively Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (the continent's deepest lake, known for its unique species of fish) -- and to the southwest lies Lake Nyasa. Central Tanzania comprises a large plateau, with plains and arable land. The eastern shore is hot and humid, with the island of Zanzibar lying just offshore.
Tanzania contains many large and ecologically significant wildlife parks,including the famous Ngorongoro Crater, Serengeti National Park in the north, and Selous Game Reserve and Mikumi National Park in the south. Gombe National Park in the west is known as the site of Dr. Jane Goodall's studies of chimpanzee behaviour.
The government of Tanzania through its department of tourism has embarked on a campaign to promote the Kalambo water falls in the southwestern region of Rukwa as one of Tanzania's main tourist destinations. The Kalambo Falls are the second highest in Africa and are located near the southern tip of Lake Tanganyika. The Menai Bay Conservation Area is Zanzibar's largest marine protected area.
Tanzania has considerable wildlife habitat, including much of the Serengeti plain, where the white-bearded wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus mearnsi) and other bovids participate in a large-scale annual migration. Up to 250,000 wildebeest perish each year in the long and arduous movement to find forage in the dry season. Tanzania is also home to 130 amphibian and over 275 reptile species, many of them strictly endemic and included in the IUCN Red Lists of different countries.
Savanna at Ngorongoro Conservation Area.Tanzania has developed a Biodiversity Action Plan to address species conservation. A recently discovered species of elephant shrew called Grey-faced Sengi was filmed for the first time in 2005, and it was known to live in just two forests in the Udzungwa Mountains. In 2008, it was listed as vulnerable on the 2008 Red List of Threatened Species. Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is the largest breeding site for the threatened Lesser Flamingo, a huge community of which nest in the salt marshes of the lake. Areas of East African mangroves on the coast are also important habitats.
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( Swahili: Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern border lies on the Indian Ocean.
The country is divided into 26 regions, 5 on the semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, and 21 on the mainland in the former Tanganyika.The head of state is President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, elected in 2005. Since 1996, the official capital of Tanzania has been Dodoma, where Parliament and some government offices are located.Between independence and 1996, the main coastal city of Dar es Salaam served as the country's political capital. Today, Dar es Salaam remains the principal commercial city of Tanzania and the de facto seat of most government institutions. It is the major seaport for the country and its landlocked neighbours.
The name Tanzania derives from the names of the two states, Tanganyika and Zanzibar, that united in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, which later the same year was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. See also Articles of Union which are the main foundation of Tanzania.Wikipedia
The Scenic Route To Congo | Travel Vlog
In December 2017 I moved to Congo for a new assignment as a humanitarian aid worker. This video tells my story of travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), sometimes also called the heart of darkness a term coined by Joseph Conrad and his bestselling book Heart Of Darkness.
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