Masindi

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Masindi is a town in western Uganda that serves as a key gateway and service center for visitors to Murchison Falls National Park.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Masindi canonical 7
Masindi town 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeRole municipal council ⓘ
capitalOf Masindi District ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 1.6850°N 31.7350°E ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
countrySubdivision Uganda Western Region ⓘ
distanceFrom Kampala, about 210 km by road ⓘ
elevation approximately 1,200 metres above sea level ⓘ
governingBody Masindi Municipal Council ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType primary schools ⓘ
secondary schools ⓘ
hasFacility Masindi Hospital ⓘ
bus and taxi parks ⓘ
fuel stations ⓘ
hotels and guesthouses ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Budongo Forest Reserve ⓘ
linked to: Budongo Forest

Kabalega Falls (Murchison Falls) ⓘ
linked to: Kabalega Falls

Murchison Falls National Park ⓘ
hasNearbyProtectedArea Bugungu Wildlife Reserve ⓘ
Karuma Wildlife Reserve ⓘ
hasPostalService Uganda Post Office branch ⓘ
hasReligiousInstitutionType churches ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
historicalRegion Bunyoro Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Bunyoro
isGatewayTo Murchison Falls National Park ⓘ
isServiceCenterFor Murchison Falls National Park visitors ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Runyoro ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to: Swahili language
locatedIn Western Region, Uganda ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Masindi District ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Albert region ⓘ
partOfRegion Bunyoro sub-region ⓘ
linked to: Bunyoro
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism services ⓘ
trade ⓘ
regionType urban centre ⓘ
roadConnection Hoima–Masindi road ⓘ
Kampala–Gulu Highway (via branch roads) ⓘ
Masindi–Pakwach road ⓘ
servesAs commercial hub for Masindi District ⓘ
transit point to northern Uganda via Murchison Falls National Park ⓘ
UTCOffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Masindi District → capital → Masindi ⓘ
Masindi District → administrativeCenter → Masindi town ⓘ
linked to: Masindi
Masindi District → hasUrbanCenter → Masindi town ⓘ
linked to: Masindi
Murchison Falls → nearbyCity → Masindi ⓘ
Bunyoro → historicalCapital → Masindi ⓘ