Mutolere Explained

Official Name:Mutolere
Pushpin Map:Uganda
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uganda
Placement on map is approximate
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Uganda
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Western Uganda
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kisoro District
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Kisoro
Subdivision Type5:Constituency
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Title1:MP
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2014 Census
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Coordinates:-1.2489°N 29.7136°W
Elevation M:1823

Mutolere is a neighborhood in Kisoro Municipality, Kisoro District, in the Western Region of Uganda.[1]

Location

Mutolere is located in the northern part of Kisoro Town, approximately 6km (04miles), north of the central business district of the town.[2] This approximately 78km (48miles), by road, west of Kabale, the largest town in the Kigezi sub-region.[3] The geographical coordinates of the Mutolere neighborhood are 01°14'56.0"S, 29°42'49.0"E (Latitude:-1.248889; Longitude:29.713611). Mutolere lies at an average elevation of 1823m (5,981feet), above sea level.[4]

Points of interest

These are some of the points of interest in or near Mutolere:

Mutolere is the location of St. Francis Hospital Mutolere, a 220-bed community hospital, owned and administered by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kabale. The hospital has an affiliated nurses and midwives school, the Mutolere School of Nursing and Midwifery.[5]

Another institution in the neighborhood is Mutolere Senior Secondary School, (also St. Paul's Secondary School, Mutolere), a residential all-boys middle and high school (grades 8-13). Former students at this school, include Kale Kayihura, the former Inspector General of Police, in the Uganda Police Force and Harrison Mutikanga, the Managing Director of the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited. Kasobede Dan (Station manager 91.1 Kisoro FM Radio) The student body at this school exceed 1,000.[6]

Other establishments in the neighborhood include St. Gertrude Girls School.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detailed Map of Mutolere And Near Places . 2019 . Maplandia.com . 12 April 2019 . Maplandia.
  2. Web site: Distance between Kisoro, Uganda and Mutolere, Uganda . Globefeed.com . Globefeed.com . 12 April 2019 . 12 April 2019.
  3. Web site: Distance between Kabale, Uganda, and Mutolere, Uganda . Globefeed.com . Globefeed.com . 12 April 2019 . 12 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Elevation of Mutolere, Kisoro, Uganda . Floodmap.net . Floodmap . 12 April 2019 . 2019.
  5. Web site: "My Picture Diary of Uganda": by Thalia Reitsema (2015). Kilroyfoundation.net . Thalia . Reitsema . 2015 . 12 April 2019 . Copenhagen, Denmark.
  6. Web site: 1000 Mutolere Students Sent Home After Strike . . 15 July 2013 . 12 April 2019 . Dan . Kasobede . Kampala.