Kabale District

Kabale is a district in southwestern Uganda. Like almost all 78 districts of Uganda, he is named after its chief town.

Geography

The area of the bordering Rwanda district is 1827 km ². Green, intense agricultural hill range 1219-2347 meters above sea level. Due to this altitude Kabale is colder than the rest of Uganda, the average temperature is 15 to 20 degrees Celsius and can go down at night to 7 degrees. The comparison of the measured temperatures periods 2000 - 2009 with 18.145311 ° C and 1957-1966 ° C with 17.497081 shows a slight warming at lower average wind speeds and significantly higher peak values. In the years 1957 and 1958 still 55.4 km / h is reached, it was in the years 2001 and 2007 already 79.5 and 74.1 km / h

Kabale brought it in the years 2000 - 2009 under Summary of the measurement period 2003/2004 to an annual average rainfall of 346.26 mm annually. The driest year was 2004 with 38.1 mm of rainfall and the wettest 2001 938.55 millimeters. The heaviest rain fell on 18 July 2001 with 93.98 millimeters. The record amounts of both torrential rain on 12 October 1995 with 246.89 mm and 16 October 1993 123.95 mm were thus no longer achieved. The years 1993 - 1999 achieved an average rainfall of 285.723 mm annually. The period 1973 - 1979 was still there despite his somewhat fragmentary rain measurements with only 59.44 mm recognize a desert-like precipitation profile annually.

The relatively cool climate with sufficient irrigation to allow the lucrative cultivation of apples, pears and plums, which is now being touted as a way to combat poverty.

Population

Kabale has an estimated population of 629 400 (2000 ), mainly members of the Bakiga tribe. The population density is 344.5 persons per km ², making it the third highest in Uganda. Accordingly, the country is highly fragmented. An average household has six to seven plots land spread over several hills. In addition to the Bakiga and the Batwa ( pygmies ) and other ethnic groups are represented.

Tourism

The attraction Kabales are mountain gorillas. The same Kabale district capital is on the way to the national parks where these endangered animals live: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. A part of the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in Kabale.

Another attraction is Lake Bunyonyi, seven kilometers from Kabale town.

Swell

District of Uganda

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