Entebbe
Entebbe is a city in Middle Southern Uganda. The estimated population in 2005 is 62,971 people. It is located on the shore of Lake Victoria, 35 km southwest of the capital Kampala. Entebbe means "the seat" in Ganda, and the court of the chief of Mamba clan of the Ganda family (Mugra) was placed. In 1893, the first British commissioner, Gerald Portal, established the British colonial authority and was regarded as the capital of British Uganda until independence in 1962, but was transferred to Kampala, the capital of Buganda at the same time as independence It was. In 1976 there was Entebbe International Airport where the operation of the Entebbe air raids was carried out and it is the gateway to the sky of Uganda. Entebbe has Uganda Virus Research Institute and others. Tropical rainforest climate and throughout the year the air temperature is between 24 ° C and 27 ° C. Rainfall is particularly large in April and May, more than 200 mm per month, many in March, June, November and December. ...