Kasubi hill explained

Official Name:Kasubi
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Map Caption:Map of Kampala showing the location of Kasubi.
Pushpin Map:Uganda Kampala
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uganda
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Central Region
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kampala Capital City Authority
Subdivision Type3:Division
Subdivision Name3:Lubaga Division
Utc Offset:+3
Coordinates:0.3311°N 32.5556°W
Elevation M:1220

Kasubi is a hill in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.[1]

Location

Kasubi is bordered by Kawaala to the north, Makerere to the east, Naakulabye to the southeast, Lusaze to the southwest, Lubya to the west, and Namungoona to the northwest. The hill is approximately 5.5km (03.4miles), by road, northwest of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Kasubi are 0°19'52.0"N, 32°33'20.0"E (Latitude:0.331115; Longitude:32.55555632).[2]

History

Before 1856, Kasubi Hill was known as Nabulagala. Sometime after that date, Muteesa I of Buganda, having met misfortune at Banda Hill, where he had built his first palace, relocated to Nabulagala. He renamed the hill Kasubi, after the ancestral village of his mother, located in then Kyaggwe County, what today is known as Mukono District.[3] Today, Buganda traditionalists refer to the place interchangeably as Kasubi or Nabulagala or Kasubi-Nabulagala.[4] After his death in 1884, Kabaka Muteesa I was buried at Kasubi, the first Kabaka to be buried there. Since then, Kasubi has become the official royal burial site of the Buganda monarchy. The Kasubi Royal Tombs are recognized as a World Heritage Site and are of very high significance in the culture of the Baganda.[5]

Overview

Kasubi Hill is a royal cultural site of the Kingdom of Buganda, one of the constitutional traditional monarchies in 21st century Uganda.[6]

Landmarks

See main article: Kasubi Tombs.

The most significant landmark on Kasubi Hill are the Kasubi Royal Tombs, the official burial place of the Kings of Buganda. As of June 2014, four consecutive Kings of Buganda are buried at Kasubi:[7]

Other points of interest

Other points of interest in the neighborhood include:

External links

0.3311°N 32.5556°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018-10-24 . Kasubi: Things to Do, Visit & Stay Guide Kampala City Guide . 2024-06-04 . en-US.
  2. Web site: Location of Kasubi At Google Maps . 16 June 2014 . Google Maps.
  3. Web site: Profile of Banda Hill . 16 June 2014 . Uganda Travel Guide (UTG) . UTG . https://web.archive.org/web/20130321120245/http://www.ugandatravelguide.com/banda.html . 21 March 2013 . live .
  4. Web site: 2018-10-24 . Kasubi: Things to Do, Visit & Stay Guide Kampala City Guide . 2024-06-04 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi . 2024-06-04 . whc.unesco.org.
  6. Web site: VisitUganda.com . 16 June 2014 . Kasubi Royal Tombs . https://web.archive.org/web/20140630054335/http://visituganda.com/destinations/central/?destination=Kasubi%20Royal%20Tombs . 30 June 2014 . dead .
  7. Web site: . Tombs of Buganda Kings at Kasubi . 16 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120405041007/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1022 . 5 April 2012 . live .
  8. Web site: . 16 June 2014 . US Charities Open Clinic In Kasubi . 20 November 2009 . Ben . Okiror . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231507/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/13/701829 . 14 July 2014 . dead .