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  2. Kijabe - Wikipedia

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    Kijabe is located in the sub-county of Lari, Kiambu County. Kijabe had a population of 2,026 people in 2019. [1] Kijabe has a railway station along the Uganda Railway. The town is located between Limuru and Naivasha. There are actually two places called Kijabe. Kijabe Town is located approximately 2 km north-west of Kijabe Mission Station.

  3. Rail transport in Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The Uganda Railway was originally built by the British to provide Uganda with access to the sea. Construction began at Mombasa in 1896 and reached Lake Victoria in 1901. The line was in part nicknamed the Lunatic Line after Henry Labouchère, a member of the British parliament, gave a mocking reply to the current British Foreign Minister support for the project in the form of a poem:

  4. East African Railways and Harbours Corporation - Wikipedia

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    59 class Garratt locomotive 5907 Mount Kinangop at Kibwezi in Kenya. The East African Railways and Harbours Corporation (EAR&H) is a defunct company that operated railways and harbours in East Africa from 1948 to 1977. It was formed in 1948 for the new East African High Commission by merging the Kenya and Uganda Railways and Harbours with the ...

  5. List of cities and towns in Uganda - Wikipedia

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    Map of Uganda Kampala, Capital of Uganda Parliament of Uganda, Kampala Mbarara Kampala, Capital of Uganda. This is a list of cities and towns in Uganda: The population data are for 2014, except where otherwise indicated. The references from which the estimated populations are sourced are listed in each article for the cities and towns where the ...

  6. Geography of Uganda - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Uganda. Coordinates: 1°00′N 32°00′E. A United Nations map of Uganda. Location of Uganda. Uganda map of Köppen climate classification. Uganda is located in Eastern Africa, West of Kenya, South of South Sudan, East of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and North of Rwanda and Tanzania. While much of its border is on ...

  7. Africa Inland Mission - Wikipedia

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    Work began in Uganda in 1918; in French Equatorial Africa (Central African Republic) in 1924; Sudan in 1949; and the islands of the Indian Ocean in 1975. Besides evangelism, workers of the mission ran clinics, hospitals, schools, publishing operations, and radio programs. The Rift Valley Academy was built at Kijabe for missionary children.

  8. Kibaale - Wikipedia

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    Kibaale is in Buyaga County, approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi), by road, west of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [1] This is approximately 98 kilometres (61 mi), southwest of Hoima , the nearest large town. [ 2 ]

  9. Kayabwe - Wikipedia

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    The town is located in Mpigi District, in the Central Region of Uganda, approximately 43.5 kilometres (27 mi), by road, south-west of the town Mpigi, the location of the district headquarters. [2] This location is along the Kampala–Masaka Road , about 81 kilometres (50 mi), by road, south-west of Kampala , the capital city of Uganda. [ 3 ]