Country Uganda District Wakiso District Elevation 1,300 m | Region Central Uganda Time zone EAT (UTC+3) Local time Saturday 11:23 AM | |
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Weather 26°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 71% Humidity | ||
Kawanda is a town in Wakiso District, Central Uganda.
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Map of Kawanda, Uganda
Location
The town is in Kawanda Parish, Nabweru Sub-county, being one of the six parishes in that administrative unit. Kawanda is approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi), by road, north of Kampala, the capital and largest city in Uganda. This is approximately 247 kilometres (153 mi) south of Karuma Falls, on the Kampala-Gulu highway. The coordinates of the Kawanda are 0°25'14.0"N, 32°32'26.0"E (Latitude:0.420556; Longitude:32.540556).
Overview
Kawanda is the location of Kawanda National Agricultural Research Laboratory (NARL), a unit of the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO). NARL carries out crop research, focusing primarily on banana varieties and their diseases.
The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL), maintains a major electricity substation that receives high voltage power from Bujagali Power Station via 73 kilometres (45 mi) of 220kV cables. A 264 kilometres (164 mi) 440kV electricity power line from Karuma Power Station is under construction to the UETCL substation in Kawanda, under the supervision of Intec Gopa International Energy Consultants GmbH of the Federal Republic of Germany.