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Kampala | |
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 Counter-clockwise; from top: Panoramic view of central Kampala, Bahá'i Temple, Makerere University, panoramic view of Lake Victoria, Kampala Worker's House, Uganda National Mosque | |
 Kampala highlighted in red inside the Republic of Uganda | |
  Kampala Location of Kampala in Uganda  Kampala Location in Africa | |
| Coordinates: 00°18′49″N 32°34′52″E / 0.31361°N 32.58111°E | |
| Country |  Uganda |
| City | Kampala District |
| Government | |
| • Lord Mayor | Erias Lukwago |
| • Executive Director | Dorothy Kisaka[1] |
| Area | |
| 189 km2 (73 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| • Water | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 8,451.9 km2 (3,263.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,200 m (3,900 ft) |
| Population (2019)[2] | |
| 1,680,600 | |
| • Density | 9,500/km2 (25,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 6,709,900[2] |
| Demonyms | Munakampala |
| Time zone | UTC+03:00 (EAT) |
| Website | www |
Kampala (UK: /kæmˈpɑːlə/,[3][4] US: /kɑːmˈ-/ ⓘ)[3][5] is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,875,834 (2024)[6] and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa, and Rubaga.[7]
Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics[8] in an area of 8,451.9 km2 (3,263.3 square miles). Other estimates estimate put the size of the metropolitan area at around four million people.[9]
In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011),[10] which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy.
Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent,[11] by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York–based consulting firm) has regularly ranked Kampala as East Africa's best city to live in,[12][13] ahead of Nairobi and Kigali.
- ^ "Profile: Who is Dorothy Kisaka". 14 June 2020.
- ^ a b c "Table 1.1 : Estimated Land Area and Projected Population by Sex by Lower Local Government" (PDF). Uganda Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ a b "Kampala". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Kampala". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2 August 2020.
- ^ "Kampala". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Kampala (City, Uganda) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "About the Authority - KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY AUTHORITY | For a better City". www.kcca.go.ug. Retrieved 8 May 2025.
- ^ Kampala Population 2019[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kampala, Uganda Metro Area Population 1950-2023". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ Wang, Xuantong; Rafa, Mickey; Moyer, Jonathan D.; Li, Jing; Scheer, Jennifer; Sutton, Paul (16 January 2019). "Estimation and Mapping of Sub-National GDP in Uganda Using NPP-VIIRS Imagery". Remote Sensing. 11 (2): 163. Bibcode:2019RemS...11..163W. doi:10.3390/rs11020163.
- ^ "City Mayors: World's fastest-growing urban areas (1)". www.citymayors.com.
- ^ Muhindo, Clare (26 February 2016). "Kampala Ranked Best City In East Africa". New Vision. Archived from the original on 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Quality of Living City Ranking". mobilityexchange.mercer.com. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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