Busoga
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Busoga (Lusoga: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga) is a kingdom and one of four constitutional monarchies in present-day Uganda. The kingdom is a cultural institution which promotes popular participation and unity among the people of the region through development programs to improve their standard of living.
Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Busoga
- Country.native_name
- Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga
- Country.common_name
- Busoga
- Country.image_flag
- Flag of Busoga (royal standard).png
- Country.image_map
- Busoga (map).png
- Country.national_anthem
- Tuli bankabi inhyo, ye nga twesimye inhyo
- Country.official_languages
- Lusoga, English
- Country.ethnic_groups
- Basoga
- Country.capital
- Bugembe
- Country.government_type
- Constitutional monarchy
- Country.leader_title1
- Kyabazinga
- Country.leader_name1
- William Gabula
- Country.leader_title2
- Prime Minister
- Country.leader_name2
- Joseph Muvawala
- Country.area_km2
- 10,318.1
- Country.population_estimate
- 4,500,000
- Country.population_census_year
- 2024
- Country.currency
- Ugandan shilling
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- The Kyabazinga
- {{anchor|History of Busoga}}History
- Early contact with European explorers
- {{anchor|Early demographics}}Demographics
- {{anchor|Early economic status}}Economics
- {{anchor|Early political status}}Politics
- Past Kyabazingas
- {{anchor|Current political setup}}Political structure
- Ebiika bya Busoga (Clans of Busoga)
- {{anchor|Attractions and historical sites}}Attractions and historic sites
- Kagulu Rock
- {{anchor|Budhumbula shrine/palace}}Budhumbula shrine and palace
- {{anchor|The source of the Nile}}Source of the Nile
- Bujjagali Falls
- Lake Victoria
- Bishop James Hannington Shrine
- {{anchor|Twegaite the Busoga Community}}Twegaite
- See also
- References
- Sources
- {{anchor|Some educational and research institutions|News websites}}External links
- External links
Busoga (Lusoga: Obwakyabazinga bwa Busoga) is a kingdom and one of four constitutional monarchies in present-day Uganda. The kingdom is a cultural institution which promotes popular participation and unity among the people of the region through development programs to improve their standard of living.
Busoga means "Land of the Soga", and is the kingdom of the 11 principalities of the Basoga or Soga (singular Musoga) people. Its capital is Bugembe, near Jinja (Uganda's second-largest city, after Kampala). Busoga comprises eleven districts: Kamuli, Iganga, Bugiri, Mayuge, Jinja, Luuka and the new districts of Bugweri, Buyende, Kaliro, Namutumba and Namayingo. Each district is headed by an elected chairperson or a Local Council Five, and municipalities are headed by an elected mayor. Jinja is the industrial and economic hub of Busoga. Busoga is bordered on the north by shallow Lake Kyoga (separating it from Lango), on the west by the Victoria Nile (separating it from Buganda), on the south by Lake Victoria (separating it from Tanzania and Kenya) and on the east by the Mpologoma River (separating it from smaller tribal groups such as the Adhola, Bugwere and Bugisu). It also includes several islands in Lake Victoria, such as Buvuma Island.