is Umukiga . It has been suggested that the Bakiga arrived in Uganda from Rwanda between 1600 and 1700 ... twena tukaruga Rwanda, omu Byumba na Ruhenjere , meaning that all of us Bakiga, we came from Rwanda .... The Bakiga are believed to be the descendants of Kashyiga, who came to be called Kakiga son of Mbogo from the small Kingdom of Bumbogo in Rwanda later. He came to form the present community of the Bakiga ... . Among the Bakiga, the ruling person was therefore named Mukama, equivalent to Mwami in other ... on it came to be recognised as a name, implying to one ruling man. In the Bakiga culture, the name was later attributed to God as Lord. Among the Bakiga, the name Mukama is not a female name. There are not many Bakiga called by the name Mukama. It is a name that was reserved to be used in the family ... from the clan of Abungura Abaitira . It is said that his father migrated to Rwanda from the Bakiga ... back to the Bakiga, it is now clear that Kakiga was responsible for the formation of the Kiga ... a new group of people called the Abakiga or Bakiga . As time went on, the population grew and Kakiga ... was to be taken at the eleventh 11 age. The rest of the Bakiga do not circumcise under cultural ... father, or after their father has died. That is why, it is very hard to trace the lineage of the Bakiga .... But nowadays, many educated Bakiga find it useful to use their parent names, even if they are still ... a variety of experiences in the life of the Bakiga, such as interactions with other Kingdoms, religions, and many other cultures. The bakiga are very hospitable and enjoy the privilege of having a mixed ... from Rwanda, Ankore, Toro, Bufumbira, and Swahili. Before the Bakiga were educated about Islam and Christianity , they believed in one God. The Bakiga understood God as creator who is neither male or female ... Nyamuhanga. In his aspect as the one who makes things grow, he is called Biheeko. Many Bakiga with the influence ... meaning we will be with God for ever. Citation needed date February 2007 While the Bakiga would later ... more details
The Ihimba hot springs are situated on Kabale Katuna Road, approximately convert 8 km mi , south of Kabale . The Ihimba hot springs derive their name from the Bahimba people who live near these springs. The Ihimba hot springs are muddy but pleasant pools on the side of the highway, partially obscured by a eucalyptus forest. They are well known by local residents for their healing properties. Many of the Bakiga of Kigezi and the people of Rwanda , suffering from rheumatism , backache and other ailments use the healing properties of the Ihimba hot springs. References references http www.os.is Apps WebObjects Orkustofnun.woa swdocument 1883 04 Bahati IGC 2003.pdf A scholarly paper with a map of over 20 geothermal areas in Uganda . coord missing Uganda Category Hot springs of Uganda Category Geography of Uganda Category Geology of Uganda Uganda geo stub ja ... more details
Paul Ngologoza , OBE, KSG 1897 1984 is the Uganda n author of Kigezi and Its People . He was born at Rywanyena, in Kabale District Rubaya now in Kabale District , in then Kigezi District . He wrote about the people of Kigezi , which originally comprised the present districts of Kabale District Kabale , Kanungu District Kanungu , Kisoro District Kisoro and Rukungiri District Rukungiri . He wrote the book, despite having had no formal education. He retired in 1960. External links Empty section date July 2010 See also Kigezi Rukiga Bakiga References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ngologoza, Paul ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1897 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1984 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ngologoza, Paul Category 1897 births Category 1984 deaths Category People from Kabale District Category Ugandan writers Africa writer stub Uganda bio stub ... more details
Kigezi sub region is a region in Western Region, Uganda Western Uganda that consists of the following districts Kabale District Kanungu District Kisoro District Rukungiri District The area covered by the above districts constituted the former Kigezi Kigezi District . The sub region is further divided into the following counties Rukiga County in Kabale District Ndorwa County in Kabale District Rubanda County in Kabale District Kinkizi County in Rukungiri District Rujumbura County in Rukungiri District Kisoro County in Kisoro District The sub region was home to approximately 1.2 million inhabitants, according to the 2002 national census. ref Districts of Uganda 2002 Uganda Population By District ref The majority of the inhabitants of the sub region belong to three major ethnic groups a the Bakiga , the Bahororo and Banyarwanda . Other ethnicities include d the Batwa , the Bafumbira and others. The inhabitants of the sub region also collectively refere to themselves as Abanyakigezi singular Omunyakigezi . ref http banyakigezi.looknow.ca pages.asp?muidx 4259&menu Origin and evolution of ICOB About The Abanyakigezi ref See also Regions of Uganda Districts of Uganda Western Region, Uganda References reflist coord 01 12 S 30 00 E display title DEFAULTSORT Kigezi Sub Region Category Sub regions of Uganda Category Western Region, Uganda Uganda geo stub ... more details
Infobox language name Kiga nativename Rukiga ethnicity Kiga people Kiga , Great Lakes Twa Twa states Uganda , Rwanda speakers 4,500,000 familycolor Niger Congo fam2 Atlantic Congo languages Atlantic Congo fam3 Benue Congo languages Benue Congo fam4 Bantoid languages Bantoid fam5 Bantu languages Bantu fam6 Northeast Bantu fam7 Great Lakes Bantu fam8 Nyoro Ganda iso3 cgg stand1 Kitara language Kitara notice IPA Kiga also called Rukiga , Ruchiga , or Chiga is the native language of the people of Kiga people Bakiga . Kiga is a very similar language to the Nkore language . It was first written in the second half of the nineteenth century. Kiga is so similar to Nkore 84 94 lexical similarity ref name Lewis 2009 Cite web url http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code nyn title Ethnologue Report for Language Code nyn last Lewis first Paul M. ed. year 2009 work Ethnologue Languages of the World, Sixteenth edition publisher SIL International accessdate 9 December 2009 location Dallas, TX ref that some argue they are dialects of the same language, Although Rukiga is a more aggressive tone, a language called Nkore Kiga by Charles V. Taylor linguist Charles Taylor . ref name Poletto 1998 Cite book last Poletto first Robert E. title Topics in Runyankore Phonology location Linguistics Graduate Program, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio year 1998 url ftp ftp.ling.ohio state.edu pub odden Polettodissertation.pdf accessdate Dec. 8, 2009 ref In common with other Bantu languages Bantu languages, Kiga has a noun class system in which prefixes on nouns mark membership of one of the noun genders. Pronouns, adjectives, and verbs reflect the noun gender of the nominal they refer to. Some examples of noun classes mu person singular , e.g. omukiga inhabitant of Kigezi land ru language, e.g. Rukiga language of the Kiga ba people, e.g. Bakiga The Kiga people ki customs or traditions, e.g. kikiga , sometimes spelled Kichiga , describes religious tradition common to the Kiga people. Somet ... more details
colonial times Gatuna was a very important place. When the first Bakiga named after their ancestor .... Rubunga belonged to the Bamuhutu ruling as a Mungura. Till today, there s still a dispute among the Bakiga ... who mistreated most of the Bakiga, after the death of Rubunga, the Bakiga formed Abakuru ... . ref http www.kabaleuniversity.ac.ug ku news potential.php The Bakiga Migrated From Rwanda Circa ... more details
. The area s inhabitants are from the Bakiga and the Batwa tribes. Main islands Akampene Punishment Island Image punishment island.jpg thumb Punishment Island in Lake Bunyonyi The Bakiga used to leave ... more details
This article is about the demographics demographic features of the population of Uganda , including population density , Ethnic group ethnicity , education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Image Languages of Uganda.png thumb right 250px Ethnolinguistic map of Uganda. Ethnic Diversity See also Category Ethnic groups in Uganda Africans mainly speaking languages of three families Bantu peoples Bantu , Nilotic , and Central Sudanic constitute most of the population. Bantu peoples are the most numerous and include the Baganda in the central area 17 , Basoga in the south eastern area 8 , Banyankole in the south western area 8 , Bakiga in the most south western area 8 , Banyoro in the mid western area 3 , Toro Kingdom Batooro in the mid western area 3 , Bagisu in the eastern area, Bahima in the south western area 2 , Bafumbira in the south western area 6 , and other much smaller ethnic groups. Nilotic peoples, mainly in the north, are the next largest, including the Langi people Langi , 6 , and the Acholi people Acholi , 4 . In the northwest are the Lugbara , 4 . The Karamojong , 2 , occupy the considerably drier, largely pastoral territory in the northeast. Europeans, Asians, and Arab s make up about 1 of the population with other groups accounting for the remainder. More than half of the population is under the age of 15 ndash more than any other country in the world. Uganda s population is predominantly rural, and its density population highest in the southern regions. South Asians and Arabs See also Indian diaspora in East Africa During the Uganda Protectorate period, the British colonialists used South Asian immigrants as intermediaries. Following independence they constituted the largest non indigenous ethnic group in Uganda, at around 80,000 people, and they dominated trade, industry, and the professions. This caused resentment among the Black majority, which was exploited by post Independenc ... more details
pp semi indef pp move indef mergefrom Indigenous peoples by geographic regions discuss Talk List of indigenous peoples Merger proposal date April 2011 Main Indigenous peoples See also List of indigenous rights organizations This is a partial list of the world s indigenous aboriginal native peoples . Indigenous peoples are any ethnic group of peoples who inhabit a geographic region, with which they have the earliest known historical connection. For guidelines on what should be included or excluded in this listing, see this article s Talk List of indigenous peoples Talk page . Note that this is a listing of peoples, groups and communities. This list is grouped by region, and sub region. Note that a particular group may warrant listing under more than one region, either because the group is distributed in more than one region example Inuit in North America and eastern Russia , or there may be some overlap of the regions themselves that is, the boundaries of each region are not always clear and some locations may commonly be associated with more than one region . Earth Labelled Map width 447 float right Africa Main Indigenous peoples of Africa The continent of Africa , including associated islands such as Madagascar , but excluding Arabia . Central Africa Central Africa generally includes the lands mainly of the Congo River basin, south of the Sahara desert Sahara and west of the East African Rift . Pygmy Pygmy peoples Central and Western Africa East Africa East Africa generally includes the Horn of Africa region and parts of surrounding countries. colbegin 2 Acholi people Acholi Uganda Afar people Afar Djibouti , Eritrea , Ethiopia Agaw Ethiopia Akisho Ethiopia Alur people Alur Uganda Ovambo people Ambo Zambia Amhara people Amhara Ethiopia Ankole Uganda Anuak people Anuak Ethiopia Antalote Comoros Aushi Zambia Aweer people Aweer Kenya , Somalia ref Kipuri 2007, p.472 ref Ayoup Ethiopia Baganda Uganda Bahima Ankole Uganda , Rwanda Bagisu Uganda Bagwere Uganda Bakiga Uga ... more details
pp move indef Infobox country conventional long name Republic of Uganda br Jamhuri ya Uganda common name Uganda image flag Flag of Uganda.svg image coat Coat of Arms of Uganda.jpg image map Uganda orthographic projection .svg map caption national motto For God and My Country national anthem Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty nickname The Pearl of Africa official languages English language English ref http memory.loc.gov cgi bin query D?cstdy 1 . temp frd XtvL Uganda Society in Library of Congress . Retrieved 29 June 2009. ref br Swahili language Swahili languages type Vernacular languages languages Luganda , Luo languages Luo , Runyankore , Runyoro , Ateso , Lumasaba , Lusoga , Samia tribe Luhya Samia demonym Ugandan ethnic groups Baganda 16.9 br Banyankole 9.5 br Basoga 8.4 br Bakiga 6.9 br Iteso 6.4 br Langi 6.1 br Acholi 4.7 br Bagisu 4.6 br Lugbara 4.2 br Bunyoro 2.7 br Demographics of Uganda other 29.6 ethnic groups year 2002 capital Kampala largest city capital government type Dominant party system leader title1 President of Uganda President leader name1 Yoweri Museveni leader title2 Prime Minister of Uganda Prime Minister leader name2 Amama Mbabazi area km2 236,040 area rank 81st area magnitude 1 E11 area sq mi 91,136 percent water 15.39 population estimate 32,369,558 ref name cia population estimate year 2009 population estimate rank 37th population census 24,227,297 population census year 2002 population density km2 137.1 population density sq mi 355.2 Do not remove per WP MOSNUM population density rank 80th GDP PPP year 2010 GDP PPP 42.194 billion ref name imf2 cite web url http www.imf.org external pubs ft weo 2010 01 weodata weorept.aspx?sy 2007&ey 2010&scsm 1&ssd 1&sort country&ds .&br 1&c 746&s NGDPD 2CNGDPDPC 2CPPPGDP 2CPPPPC 2CLP&grp 0&a &pr.x 51&pr.y 5 title Uganda publisher International Monetary Fund accessdate 2010 04 21 ref GDP PPP rank GDP PPP per capita 1,226 ref name imf2 GDP PPP per capita rank GDP nominal 17.703 billion ref name imf2 GDP nominal ran ... more details
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