Kasubi Kampala Area Insider Guide
Kasubi Kampala is known as the burial grounds for the Kings of Buganda Kingdom. But do you know that apart from Baganda people traditional attachments to Kasubi Tombs, there are other attractions found in Kasubi area in Kampala. This page therefore will walk you hand in hand to show you all best places in Kasubi area in Kampala. Kasubi is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest metropolitan area. ________________________________________________________ MORE PAGES ABOUT THIS AREA IN KAMPALA CITY _______________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ The Location of Kasubi Hill Kampala in Kampala City___________________________________________________ Kasubi is bordered by Kawaala to the north, Makerere to the east, Naakulabye to the southeast, Lusaze to the southwest, Lubya to the west and Namungoona to the northwest. This location is approximately 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi), by road, northwest of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Kasubi are:00 19 41N, 32 33 15E (Latitude:0.3280; Longitude:32.5540). _________________________________________________________ More about the History of Kasubi Hill in Kampala City and How it Got its Name_________________________________________________________ Kasubi Hill is a royal cultural site of the Kingdom of Buganda, one of he constitutional traditional monarchies in 21st century Uganda. Prior to 1856, Kasubi Hill was known as Nabulagala. Sometime after that date, Kabaka Muteesa I Mukaabya, having met misfortune at Banda Hill, where he had built his first palace, relocated to Nabulagala. He re-named the hill Kasubi, after the ancestral village of his mother, located in then Kyaggwe County; what today is known as Mukono District. Today, Buganda traditionalists refer to the place interchangeably as Kasubi or Nabulagala or Kasubi-Nabulagala.After his death in 1884, Kabaka Muteesa I was buried at Kasubi, the first Kabaka to be buried there. Since then, Kasubi has become the official royal burial site of the Buganda monarchy. The Kasubi Royal Tombs are recognised as a World Heritage Site and is of very high significance in the culture of the Baganda. _________________________________________________________ Kampala – Kasubi Hill Area Places,______________________________________________Today, the most important landmark on Kasubi Hill are the Kasubi Royal Tombs, the official burial place of the Kings of Buganda. As of January 2010, four (4) consecutive Kings of Buganda are buried at Kasubi • Kabaka Muteesa I Mukaabya in 1884 • Kabaka Mwanga II Mukasa, died in exile in 1903, re-buried at Kasubi in 1910. • Kabaka Sir Daudi Chwa II in 1939 and • Kabaka Sir Edward Muteesa II, died in exile in 1969, re-buried at Kasubi in 1971. • Other landmarks include Kasubi Medical Clinic, a community health clinic operated by Hope Medical Clinics Uganda Limited, a Ugandan charitable organisation, founded by two Americans. • A branch of Pride Microfinance Limited __________________________________________________________
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