Kasese

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Kasese is a town in western Uganda that serves as a key gateway to Queen Elizabeth National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kasese District 11
Kasese canonical 8
Kasese Central Market 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus municipality ⓘ
capitalOf Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 0.1833°N 30.0833°E ⓘ
country Uganda ⓘ
distanceTo about 360 km west of Kampala ⓘ
about 72 km south of Fort Portal ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 959 metres ⓘ
gatewayTo Queen Elizabeth National Park ⓘ
Rwenzori Mountains ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Uganda Technical College – Kichwamba (nearby) ⓘ
hasHealthFacility Kasese Municipal Health Centre ⓘ
hasMarket Kasese Central Market ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
hasNearbyBorderPoint Mpondwe border with Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
hasRailwayHistory former western terminus of Uganda Railway branch line ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Kasese Catholic Parish ⓘ
Kasese Muslim Mosque ⓘ
hasTransportFacility Kasese Airport ⓘ
isTouristHubFor mountain trekking ⓘ
safari tourism ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Luganda ⓘ
Runyakitara ⓘ
linked to: Runyoro
locatedIn Western Region, Uganda ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
locatedNear Queen Elizabeth National Park ⓘ
Rwenzori Mountains ⓘ
Rwenzori Mountains National Park ⓘ
locatedOn Nyamwamba River ⓘ
nearbyMiningArea Kilembe copper mines ⓘ
nearProtectedArea Kibale National Park (regionally nearby) ⓘ
partOfRegion Rwenzori sub-region ⓘ
populationEstimate over 100000 inhabitants ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity mining ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
regionCode UG-410 (Kasese District) ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
roadConnection Fort Portal–Kasese–Mpondwe Road ⓘ
Kasese–Mbarara Road ⓘ
subjectTo flooding from Nyamwamba River ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
UTCoffset +3 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Nyakalengija → locatedIn → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Nyakalengija → accessRoadFrom → Kasese town ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Katwe Explosion Craters → locatedIn → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kasese → locatedInAdministrativeEntity → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kasese → capitalOf → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kasese → regionCode → UG-410 (Kasese District) ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kasese → hasMarket → Kasese Central Market ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kazinga Channel → locatedNear → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Ishasha sector → locatedIn → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Southwestern Uganda → contains → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kilembe → locatedIn → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Kilembe → near → Kasese ⓘ
Western Region, Uganda → containsCity → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Lukonzo → hasRegion → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese
Mbarara → roadConnectionTo → Kasese ⓘ
Rwenzori sub-region → hasDistrict → Kasese District ⓘ
linked to: Kasese