Kampala

capital and the largest city of Uganda
City city Q3894
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Kampala

Summary

Kampala is a city[1]. Kampala ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,084 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kampala is located in Kampala District[3].
  • Kampala is in the country of Uganda[4].
  • Kampala is on the body of water Lake Victoria[5].
  • Kampala's head of government is recorded as Balimwezo Ronald Nsubuga[6].
  • Kampala's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Kampala's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Kampala's instance of is recorded as administrative territorial entity[9].
  • Kampala's official language is recorded as English[10].
  • Kampala's official language is recorded as Swahili[11].
  • Kampala's shares border with is recorded as Central Region[12].
  • Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Makindye Division[13].
  • Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Rubaga Division[14].
  • Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Kawempe Division[15].
  • Kampala's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Nakawa Division[16].
  • Kampala's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kigali[17].
  • Kampala's Commons category is recorded as Kampala[18].
  • Kampala's located in time zone is recorded as East Africa[19].
  • Kampala's local dialing code is recorded as 41[20].
  • Kampala's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 0.31361111111111, 'longitude': 32.581111111111}[21].
  • Kampala's official website is recorded as https://www.kcca.go.ug/[22].
  • Kampala's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kampala[23].
  • Kampala has a population of {'amount': '+1659600'}[24].
  • Kampala has a population of {'amount': '+1680600'}[25].
  • Kampala has a population of {'amount': '+1507080'}[26].
  • Kampala has a population of {'amount': '+1189142'}[27].

Body

Geography

Kampala is in the country of Uganda[4]. Kampala is located in Kampala District[3]. Kampala is on the body of water Lake Victoria[5].

Physical Characteristics

Kampala covers an area of {'amount': '+189000000'}[28]. Kampala sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+1190'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1659600'}[24], {'amount': '+1680600'}[25], {'amount': '+1507080'}[26], {'amount': '+1189142'}[27], {'amount': '+774241'}[30], and {'amount': '+458503'}[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city[7], big city[8], and administrative territorial entity[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Kampala include Kampala Airport[32], an airport[33], in Uganda[34] and Kampala District[35], a district of Uganda[36], in Uganda[37].

Why It Matters

Kampala ranks in the top 1% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,084 views/month).[2] Kampala has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Kampala is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for Kampala include Kampala Airport[32], an airport[33], in Uganda[34] and Kampala District[35], a district of Uganda[36], in Uganda[37].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Tamdra · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → East Africa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P421]]: [[Q27407]]"
  2. 5w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Balimwezo Ronald Nsubuga
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P6]]: [[Q136769420]], разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect [[Q137876676]] → [[Q136769420]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q137876676_Q1"
  3. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → East Africa
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48043|batch #48043]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  4. 7w ago · Tamdra · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Balimwezo Ronald Nsubuga
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P6]]: [[Q137876676]]"
  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1hoFaC
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → kampala
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: kampala, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289945009|kampala (#289945009)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5
    Museum digital place id → —
    Commons category → Kampala
    Freebase id → /m/0fngy
    + 224 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 508363, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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