Bunyamwera Explained
| Bunyamwera |
| Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Location in Uganda |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Uganda |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Uganda |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Western Uganda |
| Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bundibugyo District |
| Subdivision Type4: | County |
| Subdivision Name4: | Bughendera |
| Subdivision Type5: | Subcounty |
| Subdivision Name5: | Sindila |
| Subdivision Type6: | Parish |
| Subdivision Name6: | Bunyamwera |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Elevation M: | 1285 |
| Elevation Ft: | 4216 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3740 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2008 |
| Population Est: | 5022 |
Bunyamwera is a town in Bundibugyo District, Uganda.[2] It lies just outside of Rwenzori Mountains National Park, which is to the south. The town is north of Kagugu, southeast of Bunyana, and southwest of Butama.[1] Other nearby settlements include Bundimbuga, 1½ km north, and Bundikahondo, 2 km northwest.[1] The peak of Busunga is 6 km northwest, Kyabwageya's peak is 10 km east, and Kinera's peak is 10 km east.[1] The nearest hospital, Kasulenge Health Center II, is 9 km northeast.[1]
In the 1950s, Bunyamwera was considered a Konzo spur village, and children there went to primary school in the parish of Mutunda.[3]
Bunyamwera parish includes two hydropower plants, Ndugutu and Sindila.[4]
Bunyamwera is where Bunyamwera orthobunyavirus was first isolated,[5] and it also lends its name to that virus' genus Orthobunyavirus, its family Peribunyaviridae, and its order Bunyavirales.[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Bunyamwera . Mapcarta . 31 January 2019 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20190201065257/https://mapcarta.com/35149566 . 1 February 2019 . live .
- Web site: Tibemanya . Jolly . Okolli . Richard . Bundibugyo Local Government Statistical Abstract . Uganda Bureau of Statistics . 31 January 2019 . Bundibugyo, Uganda . 52 . en . June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013541/https://www.ubos.org/onlinefiles/uploads/ubos/Bundibugyo.pdf . 1 February 2019 . live .
- Book: Stacey . Tom . Tribe: The Hidden History of the Mountains of the Moon . 2003 . Stacey International . London . 1900988763 . 185 . en . XV The BLHRS Takes Off.
- Bulafu . Collins Edward . David Mwesigye . Tumusiime . Hårklau . Svein Erik . Owuor . George . Status of illegal resource extraction within Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda: Baseline studies near four hydropower projects . African Journal of Ecology . 8 November 2020 . 59 . 2 . 449–465 . 10.1111/aje.12823 . 228809768 . 1 September 2022.
- Smithburn . K. C. . Haddow . A. J. . Mahaffy . A. F. . A Neurotropic Virus Isolated from Aedes Mosquitoes Caught in the Semliki Forest . The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . March 1946 . s1-26 . 2 . 189–208 . 10.4269/ajtmh.1946.s1-26.189 . 21020339 . en . 1476-1645 . 677158400.
- Web site: ICTV 9th Report (2011) Bunyaviridae . International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) . 31 January 2019 . en . Bunya: from Bunyamwera, place in Uganda, where type virus was isolated. . https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010501/https://talk.ictvonline.org/ictv-reports/ictv_9th_report/negative-sense-rna-viruses-2011/w/negrna_viruses/205/bunyaviridae . 11 December 2018 . live .
