Kitikifumba
| Kitikifumba | |
|---|---|
  Kitikifumba Location in Uganda | |
| Coordinates: 00°25′14″N 32°38′05″E / 0.42056°N 32.63472°ECoordinates: 00°25′14″N 32°38′05″E / 0.42056°N 32.63472°E | |
| Country |
 Uganda |
| Region | Central Region |
| District | Wakiso District |
| Municipality | Kira, Uganda |
| County | Kyaddondo |
| Constituency | Kyaddondo East |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mamerito Mugerwa |
| • MP | Ibrahim Semijju Nganda |
| Elevation | 3,810 ft (1,160 m) |
Kitikifumba is a neighborhood in Kira Municipality, Kyaddondo County, Wakiso District, in the Central Region of Uganda.
Location
Kitikifumba is bordered by Kigulu and Nsasa to the east, the village of Kawuku to the south-east, downtown Kira to the south, the village of Seeta to the west, Namavundu to the north-west, and Kitikutwe to the north. Kitikifumba is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi), by road, north-east of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.[1] The coordinates of Kitikifumba are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°38'05.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.634722).[2]
Overview
Up until the 1990s, Kitikifumba was a village with scattered low income residences and subsistence farms. In 2001, the village was incorporated into Kira Town, the second-largest urban center in Uganda with an estimated population of 180,000 in 2011.[3] During the 21st century, it has developed into an upper middle-class residential neighborhood with scattered business locations among the residences.
In 2011, the government opened the Shimoni Primary Teachers College, which had been relocated from Kampala.[4] The college, built at an estimated cost of US$4 million (UGX:8 billion), has a capacity of 450 student-teachers.
Points of interest
These are some of the points of interest in or near Kitikifumba:
- Shimoni Teacher Training College - A nation elementary teacher training college with attached demonstration school.
See also
References
- ↑ "Map Showing Kitikifumba And Kampala With Distance Marker". Globefeed.com. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ Google. "Location of Kitikifumba At Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ UBOS, . "Estimated Populations of Ugandan Cities And Towns In 2011" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistic (UBOS). Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ Ssenkabirwa, Al-Mahdi (7 January 2011). "Shimoni Teachers College opens". Daily Monitor (Kampala). Retrieved 2 May 2016.
