Official Name: | Kapeeka |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Map of Uganda showing the location of Kapeeka |
Pushpin Map: | Uganda |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Uganda |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Central Region of Uganda |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Nakaseke District |
Subdivision Type3: | Constituency |
Subdivision Name3: | Nakaseke South |
Leader Title: | Member of Parliament |
Leader Name: | Edward W. Sempala Mbuga |
Population As Of: | 2011 Estimate |
Utc Offset: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 0.6817°N 32.2467°W |
Elevation M: | 1160 |
Kapeeka is a town in Nakaseke District of the Central Region of Uganda.
Kapeeka will merge with Semuto to form the Semuto municipality as requested by residents and given a go ahead by the president.
Kapeeka is approximately 43km (27miles), by road, northwest of Matugga.[1] This is approximately 62km (39miles), by road, northwest of Kampala, Uganda's capital city.[2] The coordinates of the town are 0°40'54.0"N, 32°14'48.0"E (Latitude:0.681667; Longitude:32.246667).
Kapeeka is the northernmost location on the 42km (26miles) Matugga–Kapeeka Road, linking Matugga and Gombe in Wakiso District to Semuto and Kapeeka in Nakaseke District. It was upgraded from gravel to bitumen between 2008[3] and 2011.[4] Chongqing International Construction Corporation (CICO) of China performed the work at a cost of about US$20 million (USh:37.9 billion). Sixty-five percent of the funding was provided by the government of Uganda, and the Nordic Development Fund lent the remaining 35 percent. COWI A/S, a Danish consultancy firm, supervised the work.[5]
The following additional points of interest are found within the town limits or close to its borders: (a) Kapeeka central market (b) offices of Kapeeka Town Council (c) offices of Kapeeka sub-county[6] and (e) Namunkekera Rural Industrial Center (NRIC), is located at Namunkekera, Nakaseke District, west of Kapeeka.[7]